Test 2 · ★ · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends
«yinz are gonna fight about the election again?? who wants pie» says Aunt Pat (yinz = you all). Why does the pie line work?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: yinz, gonna fight, Aunt · What happens: be, want, say, do · To what, where: gonna fight, pie, line work · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics 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: «yinz are gonna fight about the election again?? who wants pie» says Aunt Pat (yinz = you all).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 fight | punct |
| 2 | yinz | yinz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fight | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fight | cop |
| 4 | gonna | gonna | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fight | amod |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 says | nsubj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 election | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 election | det |
| 8 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fight | nmod |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 election | advmod |
| 10 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 12 wants | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 wants | nsubj |
| 12 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fight | parataxis |
| 13 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wants | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 wants | punct |
| 15 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | Aunt | Aunt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 says | obj |
| 17 | Pat | Pat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Aunt | flat |
| 18 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 yinz | punct |
| 19 | yinz | yinz | PROPN | _ | 16 Aunt | appos |
| 20 | = | = | PUNCT | _ | 21 you | punct |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 Aunt | appos |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 Aunt | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | yinz | gonna fight | about the election | tree rules | |||
| 2 | want in a quote | present | gonna fight | pie | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pie=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Why does the pie line work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | conj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 work | det |
| 4 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 line | compound |
| 5 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | compound |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the line work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
It ends the argument forever, for good and all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ends | nsubj |
| 2 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 argument | det |
| 4 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ends | obj |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 ends | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 good | punct |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 good | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ends | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 all | cc |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 good | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | It | the argument | forever property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality argument=Eventuality |
Option 2
Pie settles who is right about the election
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 settles | nsubj |
| 2 | settles | settle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 right | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 settles | ccomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 election | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 election | det |
| 8 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | settle | present | Pie | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | about the election; right property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It changes the subject so dinner can go on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 subject | det |
| 4 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | obj |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 6 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 changes | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | It | the subject | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go on | can | dinner | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It makes Uncle switch parties for a slice of pie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 parties | compound |
| 4 | switch | switch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 parties | compound |
| 5 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 slice | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 slice | det |
| 8 | slice | slice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 pie | case |
| 10 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 slice | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | Uncle switch parties | for a slice of pie | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent party=Product for slice=Asset | |||
| 2 | slice | pie | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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