Test 5 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names
A boy says, "If you change your mind, you're a loser." What is the better view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, you, your, better view · What happens: say, change, be, mind · To what, where: mind, loser · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» 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, "If you change your mind, you're a loser."
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 | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 change | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 change | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 change | nsubj |
| 8 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | parataxis |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mind | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 change | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 loser | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 loser | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 loser | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 loser | det |
| 15 | loser | loser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 change | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 change | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 change | 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 | change a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | your mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | you | a loser | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | mind in a quote | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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: What is the better view?
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 view | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | 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 better view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
People who change their minds were lying about what they thought
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lying | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 change | nsubj |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 minds | nmod:poss |
| 5 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | obj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lying | aux |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 what | case |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 lying | obl |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 thought | nsubj |
| 11 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | People | People's minds | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | lie | past · progressive | People | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about what=Location | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | People | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | mind | People | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Changing your mind after learning is a sign of thinking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 sign | csubj |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mind | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Changing | obj |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 learning | case |
| 5 | learning | learning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Changing | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sign | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sign | det |
| 8 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 thinking | case |
| 10 | thinking | thinking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | gerund | your mind | after learning | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Changing | a sign | of thinking | tree rules | |||
| 3 | mind | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He is right, a real winner never changes his mind about anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 changes | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 winner | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 winner | amod |
| 7 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 changes | nsubj |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 changes | advmod |
| 9 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mind | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 changes | obj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 anything | case |
| 13 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 changes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not change | present | a real winner | winner's mind | about anything | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | |||
| 3 | mind | winner | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Only grown-ups are allowed to change their minds, not children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 change | mark |
| 8 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 minds | nmod:poss |
| 10 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 change | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 children | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 children | advmod |
| 13 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | grown ups | children obl | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | change not said to happen | to-infinitive | grown ups not said here | ups's minds | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 4 | mind | ups = up | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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