Test 1 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark Ollie's teammate mutters, "he bottled it, man." ("Bottled it" means lost his nerve.) What would a good teammate say instead?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teammate, good teammate · What happens: mutter, bottle, mean, lose, say · To what, where: it, nerve · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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: Ollie's teammate mutters, "he bottled it, man."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj ccomp obj punct obl punct punct root Ollie PROPN 's PART teammate NOUN mutters VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT he PRON bottled VERB it PRON , PUNCT man NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN Number=Sing 3 teammate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ollie case 3 teammate teammate NOUN Number=Sing 4 mutters nsubj 4 mutters mutter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 bottled punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 bottled punct 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 bottled nsubj 8 bottled bottle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 mutters ccomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 bottled obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 man punct 11 man man NOUN Number=Sing 8 bottled obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 mutters punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 4 mutters punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mutter speech: assert present Ollie's teammate vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 bottle in a quote past teammate it man obl vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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: ("Bottled it" means lost his nerve.)
punct punct nsubj obj punct ccomp nmod:poss obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bottled VERB it PRON " PUNCT means VERB lost VERB his PRON nerve NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bottled punct 3 Bottled bottle VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 means nsubj 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 Bottled obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bottled punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 means ccomp 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 nerve nmod:poss 9 nerve nerve NOUN Number=Sing 7 lost obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bottle in a quote participle it vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 lose participle teammate's nerve vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nerve=Eventuality
Sentence 3: What would a good teammate say instead?
obj aux det amod nsubj advmod punct root What PRON would AUX a DET good ADJ teammate NOUN say VERB instead ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 6 say obj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 say aux 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 teammate det 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 teammate amod 5 teammate teammate NOUN Number=Sing 6 say nsubj 6 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 instead instead ADV _ 6 say advmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert would a good teammate instead property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice "Good, now we know who to blame"
punct punct advmod nsubj parataxis nsubj mark ccomp punct root " PUNCT Good ADJ , PUNCT now ADV we PRON know VERB who PRON to PART blame VERB " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Good punct 2 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 know punct 4 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 know advmod 5 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 know nsubj 6 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 blame parataxis 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 blame nsubj 8 to to PART _ 9 blame mark 9 blame blame VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 Good ccomp 10 " " PUNCT _ 2 Good punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know in a quote present we now vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 blame in a quote to-infinitive vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer "Unlucky, mate, we had loads of chances"
punct amod punct nsubj punct nsubj obj case nmod punct root " PUNCT Unlucky ADJ , PUNCT mate NOUN , PUNCT we PRON had VERB loads NOUN of ADP chances NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 7 had punct 2 Unlucky unlucky ADJ Degree=Pos 4 mate amod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Unlucky punct 4 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 7 had nsubj 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 mate punct 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 had nsubj 7 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 loads load NOUN Number=Plur 7 had obj 9 of of ADP _ 10 chances case 10 chances chance NOUN Number=Plur 8 loads nmod 11 " " PUNCT _ 7 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have in a quote past Unlucky mate loads of chances vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient
Option 3 "You should never take penalties"
punct nsubj aux advmod obj punct root " PUNCT You PRON should AUX never ADV take VERB penalties NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 take punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 take nsubj 3 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 take aux 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 take advmod 5 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 penalties penalty NOUN Number=Plur 5 take obj 7 " " PUNCT _ 5 take punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not take in a quote should You penalties vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme
Option 4 "Yeah, you lost us the whole cup, cheers for that"
punct discourse punct nsubj obj det amod obj punct appos case nmod punct root " PUNCT Yeah INTJ , PUNCT you PRON lost VERB us PRON the DET whole ADJ cup NOUN , PUNCT cheers NOUN for ADP that PRON " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 lost punct 2 Yeah yeah INTJ _ 5 lost discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 lost punct 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 lost nsubj 5 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 lost obj 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 cup det 8 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 9 cup amod 9 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 5 lost obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 cheers punct 11 cheers cheer NOUN Number=Plur 9 cup appos 12 for for ADP _ 13 that case 13 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 cheers nmod 14 " " PUNCT _ 11 cheers punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose in a quote past you us tree rules
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