Test 7 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists
A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match." What is the right version?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, Malala, right version · What happens: say, win, be · To what, where: Nobel Prize, football match · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» 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: A boy says, "Malala won a Nobel Prize for winning a football match."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 won | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 won | punct |
| 6 | Malala | Malala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 won | nsubj |
| 7 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 Prize | det |
| 9 | Nobel | Nobel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Prize | compound |
| 10 | Prize | Prize | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 won | obj |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 winning | mark |
| 12 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 won | advcl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 match | det |
| 14 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 match | compound |
| 15 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 winning | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | win in a quote | past | Malala | a Nobel Prize | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | win in a quote | gerund | Malala not said here | a football match | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |
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: What is the right version?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 version | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 version | amod |
| 5 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right version | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She won it for swimming the fastest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 swimming | mark |
| 5 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 won | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fastest | det |
| 7 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 swimming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | She | it | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | swim | gerund | She not said here | the fastest | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She won the Nobel Peace Prize for speaking up for girls' education
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prize | det |
| 4 | Nobel | Nobel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Prize | compound |
| 5 | Peace | Peace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Prize | compound |
| 6 | Prize | Prize | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 speaking | mark |
| 8 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 won | advcl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 speaking | compound:prt |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 education | case |
| 11 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 education | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 11 girls | case |
| 13 | education | education | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 speaking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | She | the Nobel Peace Prize | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | speak up speech: other | gerund | She not said here | for girls's education | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | educate | girls | nom education «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She never won any prize
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 won | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 won | advmod |
| 3 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 prize | det |
| 5 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not win | past | She | any prize | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
Option 4
She won it for inventing a phone that lets girls in faraway villages call their schools
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 inventing | mark |
| 5 | inventing | invent | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 won | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 inventing | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lets | nsubj |
| 9 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 phone | acl:relcl |
| 10 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lets | obj |
| 11 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 14 call | mark |
| 12 | faraway | faraway | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 villages | amod |
| 13 | villages | village | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 call | nsubj |
| 14 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lets | advcl |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 schools | nmod:poss |
| 16 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | She | it | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | invent | gerund | She not said here | a phone | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Result | ||||
| 3 | let | present | a phone | girls | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | ||||
| 4 | call | present | faraway villages | villages's schools | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Recipient |
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