Test 8 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong The pool rule says no swimming for an hour after lunch. You know the drowning story is a myth. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pool rule, You, drowning story · What happens: say, know, be, do · To what, where: swimming, myth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» of the myths course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school .
The question Sentence 1: The pool rule says no swimming for an hour after lunch.
det compound nsubj det obj case det nmod case nmod punct root The DET pool NOUN rule NOUN says VERB no DET swimming NOUN for ADP an DET hour NOUN after ADP lunch NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 rule det 2 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 3 rule compound 3 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 6 swimming det 6 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 4 says obj 7 for for ADP _ 9 hour case 8 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 hour det 9 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 6 swimming nmod 10 after after ADP _ 11 lunch case 11 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 9 hour nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the pool rule no swimming for a hour after lunch vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent swimming=Topic
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: You know the drowning story is a myth.
nsubj det compound nsubj cop det ccomp punct root You PRON know VERB the DET drowning NOUN story NOUN is AUX a DET myth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 know nsubj 2 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 4 drowning drowning NOUN Number=Sing 5 story compound 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 8 myth nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 myth cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 myth det 8 myth myth NOUN Number=Sing 2 know ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present You vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 is a present the drowning story a myth tree rules
Sentence 3: What do you do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON do AUX you PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · do-support you vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Tell the lifeguard he's an idiot who knows nothing
det nsubj nsubj cop det ccomp nsubj acl:relcl obj root Tell VERB the DET lifeguard NOUN he PRON 's AUX an DET idiot NOUN who PRON knows VERB nothing PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 lifeguard det 3 lifeguard lifeguard NOUN Number=Sing 7 idiot nsubj 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 idiot nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 idiot cop 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 idiot det 7 idiot idiot NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell ccomp 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 knows nsubj 9 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 idiot acl:relcl 10 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 9 knows obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the lifeguard a idiot tree rules 3 know present a idiot nothing vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
Option 2 Complain loudly about it to everyone else at the pool
advmod case obl case obl advmod case det obl root Complain VERB loudly ADV about ADP it PRON to ADP everyone PRON else ADV at ADP the DET pool NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Complain complain VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 loudly loudly ADV _ 1 Complain advmod 3 about about ADP _ 4 it case 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Complain obl 5 to to ADP _ 6 everyone case 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Complain obl 7 else else ADV _ 6 everyone advmod 8 at at ADP _ 10 pool case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 pool det 10 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 1 Complain obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 complain speech: other imperative you not said here everyone the pool about it; loudly property vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic PP.recipient»: agent=Agent about it=Topic to everyone=Recipient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Follow the rule; places have their own rules
det obj punct nsubj advcl nmod:poss amod obj root Follow VERB the DET rule NOUN ; PUNCT places NOUN have VERB their PRON own ADJ rules NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Follow follow VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 rule det 3 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 1 Follow obj 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 have punct 5 places place NOUN Number=Plur 6 have nsubj 6 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Follow advcl 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 rules nmod:poss 8 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 9 rules amod 9 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 6 have obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 follow imperative you not said here the rule vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme 2 have present places places's own rules vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient 3 rule places = place nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 Jump straight in to prove it's just a silly myth
advmod advmod mark advcl nsubj cop advmod det amod ccomp root Jump VERB straight ADV in ADV to PART prove VERB it PRON 's AUX just ADV a DET silly ADJ myth NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jump jump VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 straight straight ADV _ 3 in advmod 3 in in ADV _ 1 Jump advmod 4 to to PART _ 5 prove mark 5 prove prove VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Jump advcl 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 myth nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 myth cop 8 just just ADV _ 11 myth advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 myth det 10 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 11 myth amod 11 myth myth NOUN Number=Sing 5 prove ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 jump imperative you not said here vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 prove to-infinitive you not said here vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 3 is a present it a silly myth tree rules
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