Test 11 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark
Ruby shouts, "my brain's literally broken!" after another bad times table test. What's the better thought?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, better thought · What happens: shout, break, be · To what, where: brain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Ruby shouts, "my brain's literally broken!" after another bad times table test.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 broken | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 broken | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brain | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 brain | case |
| 8 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 9 broken | advmod |
| 9 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 shouts | conj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 broken | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 broken | punct |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 test | case |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 test | det |
| 14 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 times | amod |
| 15 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 test | nmod:unmarked |
| 16 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 test | compound |
| 17 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broken | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Ruby | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | break in a quote | participle · passive | my brain | after another table test bad times | literally property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 the better thought?
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 thought | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 thought | amod |
| 5 | thought | thought | 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 thought | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"Not yet; I need a different way to practise"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 need | punct |
| 2 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 need | advmod |
| 3 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 6 need | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 need | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 need | nsubj |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 practise | mark |
| 11 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 way | acl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need in a quote | present | I | a different way | yet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme | |||
| 2 | practise in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | a different way not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
"My brain is broken and will never work"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 broken | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brain | nmod:poss |
| 3 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 work | cc |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 work | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 work | advmod |
| 9 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 broken | conj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | present · passive | My brain | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not work in a quote | future | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
"Times tables are pointless anyway"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 pointless | punct |
| 2 | Times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tables | compound |
| 3 | tables | table | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pointless | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pointless | cop |
| 5 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 pointless | advmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 pointless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Times tables | anyway, pointless property | tree rules |
Option 4
"I should give up maths altogether"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 give | compound:prt |
| 6 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up in a quote | should | I | maths | altogether property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Source |
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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