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Test 10 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

In a cartoon, the hero trains for a montage and wins the race every time. What does Archie's story add?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, story · What happens: train, win, add · To what, where: cartoon, race

This is test 10 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: In a cartoon, the hero trains for a montage and wins the race every time.

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 trains	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hero	det
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trains	nsubj
7	trains	train	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 montage	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 montage	det
10	montage	montage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trains	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wins	cc
12	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 trains	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 race	det
14	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wins	obj
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wins	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 trains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	present	the hero			a cartoon		for a montage	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	win	present	the hero not said here	the race			time		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=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 does Archie's story add?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 add	obl
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 add	aux
3	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 story	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Archie	case
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 add	nsubj
6	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · do-support	Archie's story						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

You can train hard, come last, and still beat your own best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 train	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 train	aux
3	train	train	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 train	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 train	conj
7	last	last	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 beat	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 beat	cc
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 beat	advmod
11	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 train	parataxis
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beat	obj
14	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 beat	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	can	You					hard property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	come	infinitive	You not said here					last property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	beat	present		your own			still	good property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location own=Theme

Option 2

Only the winner's effort counts for anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 effort	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 winner	det
3	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 effort	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 winner	case
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 counts	nsubj
6	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 counts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	the winner's effort					for anything	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Training always guarantees first place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guarantees	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 guarantees	advmod
3	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 guarantees	advmod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guarantees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present	Training	place				always, first property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition place=Theme

Option 4

If you come last, all the months of training were completely wasted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 come	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wasted	advcl
4	last	last	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 months	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 months	det
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wasted	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 training	case
10	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 months	nmod
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 wasted	aux:pass
12	completely	completely	ADV	_	13 wasted	advmod
13	wasted	waste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come a condition, not said to happen	present	you					last property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	waste	past · passive		all months of training				completely property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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