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Test 4 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

Sam's mate goes, "backstage is where the mid kids go." ("Mid" means not good.) What's the truer view?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, backstage, mid kids, Mid, truer view · What happens: go, be, mean

This is test 4 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: Sam's mate goes, "backstage is where the mid kids go."

nmod:posscasensubjpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmoddetcompoundnsubjadvclpunctpunctrootSamPROPN'sPARTmateNOUNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTbackstageNOUNisAUXwhereADVtheDETmidXkidsNOUNgoVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing3 matenmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Samcase
3matemateNOUNNumber=Sing4 goesnsubj
4goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_4 goespunct
6""PUNCT_9 wherepunct
7backstagebackstageNOUNNumber=Sing9 wherensubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 wherecop
9wherewhereADVPronType=Rel13 goadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 kidsdet
11midmidX_12 kidscompound
12kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur13 gonsubj
13gogoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 goesadvcl
14..PUNCT_4 goespunct
15""PUNCT_4 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentSam's matevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2is in a quotepresentbackstagewhere propertytree rules
3go in a quotepresentthe mid kidsvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: ("Mid" means not good.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctadvmodxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTMidPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBnotPARTgoodADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Midpunct
3MidMidPROPNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Midpunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 goodadvmod
7goodgoodADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
8..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
9))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentMidgood propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's the truer view?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETtruerADJviewNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 viewdet
4truertrueADJDegree=Cmp5 viewamod
5viewviewNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truer viewtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only the lead actor matters in a play

advmoddetcompoundnsubjcasedetoblrootOnlyADVtheDETleadNOUNactorNOUNmattersVERBinADPaDETplayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_4 actoradvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 actordet
3leadleadNOUNNumber=Sing4 actorcompound
4actoractorNOUNNumber=Sing5 mattersnsubj
5mattersmatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ininADP_8 playcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 playdet
8playplayNOUNNumber=Sing5 mattersobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1matterpresentthe lead actora playvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Backstage is a real part of the show and he enjoyed it

nsubjcopdetamodcasedetnmodccnsubjconjobjrootBackstageNOUNisAUXaDETrealADJpartNOUNofADPtheDETshowNOUNandCCONJhePRONenjoyedVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BackstagebackstageNOUNNumber=Sing5 partnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 partcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 partdet
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 partamod
5partpartNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6ofofADP_8 showcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 showdet
8showshowNOUNNumber=Sing5 partnmod
9andandCCONJ_11 enjoyedcc
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 enjoyednsubj
11enjoyedenjoyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 partconj
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 enjoyedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentBackstagea real partof the showtree rules
2enjoypastheBackstagevn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

He should have refused and quit drama

nsubjauxauxccamodconjrootHePRONshouldAUXhaveAUXrefusedVERBandCCONJquitADJdramaNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 refusednsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 refusedaux
3havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf4 refusedaux
4refusedrefuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5andandCCONJ_7 dramacc
6quitquitADJDegree=Pos7 dramaamod
7dramadramaNOUNNumber=Sing4 refusedconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1refuseshould · perfectHevn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Backstage is only for people who are bad at drama and can't act

nsubjcopadvmodcasensubjcopacl:relclcaseoblccauxadvmodconjrootBackstageNOUNisAUXonlyADVforADPpeopleNOUNwhoPRONareAUXbadADJatADPdramaNOUNandCCONJcaAUXn'tPARTactVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BackstagebackstageNOUNNumber=Sing5 peoplensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 peoplecop
3onlyonlyADV_5 peopleadvmod
4forforADP_5 peoplecase
5peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel8 badnsubj
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 badcop
8badbadADJDegree=Pos5 peopleacl:relcl
9atatADP_10 dramacase
10dramadramaNOUNNumber=Sing8 badobl
11andandCCONJ_14 actcc
12cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin14 actaux
13n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg14 actadvmod
14actactVERBVerbForm=Inf8 badconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentBackstagefor peopletree rules
2ispresentpeopledramabad propertytree rules
3not actcanpeople not said herevn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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