Test 10 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind." ("Wicked" in New England means very.) What helped Ben?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, call, Wicked · What happens: go, be, mean, help · To what, where: Ben · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» 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: Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct det nsubj cop amod parataxis punct det nmod:poss case conj punct punct root Ben PROPN 's PART mate NOUN from ADP Boston PROPN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT That DET call NOUN was AUX wicked ADJ unfair ADJ , PUNCT the DET ref NOUN 's PART blind ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 goes nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Boston case 5 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod 6 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 unfair punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 13 unfair punct 9 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 call det 10 call call NOUN Number=Sing 13 unfair nsubj 11 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 unfair cop 12 wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 13 unfair amod 13 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 6 goes parataxis 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 blind punct 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 ref det 16 ref ref NOUN Number=Sing 18 blind nmod:poss 17 's 's PART _ 16 ref case 18 blind blind ADJ Degree=Pos 13 unfair conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 6 goes punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 6 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Ben's mate from Boston vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote past that call unfair property tree rules 3 be in a quote that call not said here tree rules
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: ("Wicked" in New England means very.)
punct punct nsubj punct case flat nmod advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wicked ADJ " PUNCT in ADP New PROPN England PROPN means VERB very ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 3 Wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 8 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 5 in in ADP _ 7 England case 6 New New PROPN Number=Sing 7 England flat 7 England England PROPN Number=Sing 3 Wicked nmod 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 very very ADV _ 8 means advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Wicked in New England vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What helped Ben?
nsubj obj punct root What PRON helped VERB Ben PROPN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 helped nsubj 2 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 helped obj 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 helped punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help past Ben vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ben=Beneficiary
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Refusing to play under that ref again
mark xcomp case det obl advmod root Refusing VERB to PART play VERB under ADP that DET ref NOUN again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Refusing refuse VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 to to PART _ 3 play mark 3 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Refusing xcomp 4 under under ADP _ 6 ref case 5 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 ref det 6 ref ref NOUN Number=Sing 3 play obl 7 again again ADV _ 3 play advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 refuse gerund vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not play to-infinitive that ref again vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Talking it through with Dad and letting it go
obj compound:prt case obl cc conj obj xcomp root Talking VERB it PRON through ADP with ADP Dad PROPN and CCONJ letting VERB it PRON go VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Talking obj 3 through through ADP _ 1 Talking compound:prt 4 with with ADP _ 5 Dad case 5 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 1 Talking obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 letting cc 7 letting let VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Talking conj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 letting obj 9 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 letting xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk through gerund it with Dad tree rules 2 let gerund it tree rules 3 go infinitive vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Shouting at the ref even louder in the next game to make up for it
The tree, 15 words case det obl advmod advmod case det amod obl mark advcl compound:prt case obl root Shouting VERB at ADP the DET ref NOUN even ADV louder ADV in ADP the DET next ADJ game NOUN to PART make VERB up ADP for ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 at at ADP _ 4 ref case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ref det 4 ref ref NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 5 even even ADV _ 6 louder advmod 6 louder loud ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Shouting advmod 7 in in ADP _ 10 game case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 game det 9 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 10 game amod 10 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 11 to to PART _ 12 make mark 12 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Shouting advcl 13 up up ADP _ 12 make compound:prt 14 for for ADP _ 15 it case 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 make obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund the ref in the next game; loud property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 make up to-infinitive for game vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Staying angry for the rest of the season
xcomp case det obl case det nmod root Staying VERB angry ADJ for ADP the DET rest NOUN of ADP the DET season NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Staying stay VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Staying xcomp 3 for for ADP _ 5 rest case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rest det 5 rest rest NOUN Number=Sing 1 Staying obl 6 of of ADP _ 8 season case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 season det 8 season season NOUN Number=Sing 5 rest nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay gerund for the rest of the season; angry property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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