Test 7 · The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape
In a cartoon, the bully gets one punch from the hero and becomes nice forever. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bully · What happens: get, become, be · To what, where: one punch, cartoon
This is test 7 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection 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: In a cartoon, the bully gets one punch from the hero and becomes nice forever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bully | det |
| 6 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 punch | nummod |
| 9 | punch | punch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 hero | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hero | det |
| 12 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 becomes | cc |
| 14 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gets | conj |
| 15 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 becomes | xcomp |
| 16 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 15 nice | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the bully | one punch | a cartoon | from the hero | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent punch=Theme from hero=Source | ||
| 2 | become | present | the bully not said here | nice property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real bullies never stop being mean at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bullies | amod |
| 2 | bullies | bully | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 stop | advmod |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 mean | cop |
| 6 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 mean | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stop | present | Real bullies | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | Real bullies not said here | all | mean property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hitting usually starts more trouble; grown-ups helping changes things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitting | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 helping | csubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 starts | advmod |
| 3 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hitting | acl:relcl |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 trouble | amod |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starts | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hitting | punct |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 ups | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 ups | punct |
| 9 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 helping | nsubj |
| 10 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | changes | change | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 helping | obj |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 helping | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | start | present | more trouble | usually property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | help | gerund | grown ups | changes | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Bullies only stop if they get two punches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullies | bully | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 stop | advmod |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | advcl |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 punches | nummod |
| 8 | punches | punch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Bullies | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | Bullies = bully | two punches | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer punch=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nothing; one good punch from the hero always cures any bully for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 cures | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 punch | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 punch | nummod |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 punch | amod |
| 5 | punch | punch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cures | nsubj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 hero | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hero | det |
| 8 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 punch | nmod |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 cures | advmod |
| 10 | cures | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 bully | det |
| 12 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cures | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 good | case |
| 14 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cures | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | present | Nothing | any bully | for good; always property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer bully=Source |
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