Test 11 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel
Kids call Theo weird for not following the game's rules. What's the fairest view?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kids, game, fairest view · What happens: call, not follow, rule, be · To what, where: rules · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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: Kids call Theo weird for not following the game's rules.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 call | nsubj |
| 2 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 weird | compound |
| 4 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 call | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 following | mark |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 following | advmod |
| 7 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 call | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rules | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 game | case |
| 11 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 following | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Kids | weird property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not follow | gerund | Kids not said here | the game's rules | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rule | the game | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: 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's the fairest view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | 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 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 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 fairest view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He should copy everyone until he's normal
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 copy | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 copy | aux |
| 3 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 copy | obj |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 normal | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 normal | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 normal | cop |
| 8 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 copy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | should | He | everyone | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | normal property | tree rules |
Option 2
Being different means he should be left out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 different | cop |
| 2 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 left | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 left | aux:pass |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | ccomp |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 left | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | different property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | different | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | leave out | should · passive | he | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Autistic kids think in their own ways; explaining the rules helps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autistic | autistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 think | nsubj |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ways | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ways | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ways | amod |
| 7 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 think | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 explaining | punct |
| 9 | explaining | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 helps | csubj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rules | det |
| 11 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 explaining | obj |
| 12 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Autistic kids | kids's own ways | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | gerund | the rules | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic | |||||
| 3 | help | present | explaining | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Theo is choosing to be weird to annoy them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 choosing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 choosing | aux |
| 3 | choosing | choose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 weird | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 weird | cop |
| 6 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 choosing | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 annoy | mark |
| 8 | annoy | annoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 weird | xcomp |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 annoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present · progressive | Theo | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | Theo not said here | weird property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | annoy | to-infinitive | Theo not said here | them = they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
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