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Test 4 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

Coach, Scouse accent: "Ava, la, it happens to the best, even the Olympians." ("La" is like "mate".) What is the coach teaching her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, La, coach · What happens: happen, be, teach · To what, where: Olympians, La

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» 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: Coach, Scouse accent: "Ava, la, it happens to the best, even the Olympians."

punctcompoundconjpunctpunctappospunctconjpunctnsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctadvmoddetoblpunctpunctrootCoachNOUN,PUNCTScouseNOUNaccentNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTAvaPROPN,PUNCTlaX,PUNCTitPRONhappensVERBtoADPtheDETbestADJ,PUNCTevenADVtheDETOlympiansPROPN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CoachcoachNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_4 accentpunct
3ScousescouseNOUNNumber=Sing4 accentcompound
4accentaccentNOUNNumber=Sing1 Coachconj
5::PUNCT_7 Avapunct
6""PUNCT_7 Avapunct
7AvaAvaPROPNNumber=Sing1 Coachappos
8,,PUNCT_9 lapunct
9lalaXForeign=Yes7 Avaconj
10,,PUNCT_12 happenspunct
11ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 happensnsubj
12happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 laparataxis
13totoADP_15 bestcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 bestdet
15bestgoodADJDegree=Sup12 happensobl
16,,PUNCT_19 Olympianspunct
17evenevenADV_19 Olympiansadvmod
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 Olympiansdet
19OlympiansOlympianPROPNNumber=Plur12 happensobl
20..PUNCT_7 Avapunct
21""PUNCT_7 Avapunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happen in a quotepresentitthe Olympiansto the bestvn occur-48.3-1 «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: ("La" is like "mate".)

punctpunctnsubjpunctcopcasepunctpunctpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTLaPROPN"PUNCTisAUXlikeADP"PUNCTmateNOUN"PUNCT.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_8 matepunct
2""PUNCT_3 Lapunct
3LaLaPROPNNumber=Sing8 matensubj
4""PUNCT_3 Lapunct
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 matecop
6likelikeADP_8 matecase
7""PUNCT_8 matepunct
8matemateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9""PUNCT_8 matepunct
10..PUNCT_8 matepunct
11))PUNCT_8 matepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentLalike matetree rules

Sentence 3: What is the coach teaching her?

copdetnsubjaclobjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETcoachNOUNteachingVERBherPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 coachdet
4coachcoachNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5teachingteachVERBVerbForm=Ger4 coachacl
6hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 teachingobj
7??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe coachtree rules
2teach speech: othergerundthe coach not said hereLavn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Olympians drop batons because they don't practise

nsubjobjmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclrootOlympiansNOUNdropVERBbatonsNOUNbecauseSCONJtheyPRONdoAUXn'tPARTpractiseVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OlympiansolympianNOUNNumber=Plur2 dropnsubj
2dropdropVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3batonsbatonNOUNNumber=Plur2 dropobj
4becausebecauseSCONJ_8 practisemark
5theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs8 practisensubj
6dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 practiseaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 practiseadvmod
8practisepractiseVERBVerbForm=Inf2 dropadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1droppresentOlympiansbatonsvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baton=Theme
2not practisepresent · do-supportOlympians = olympiantree rules

Option 2

Mistakes only matter at the Olympics

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblrootMistakesNOUNonlyADVmatterVERBatADPtheDETOlympicsPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MistakesmistakeNOUNNumber=Plur3 matternsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 matteradvmod
3mattermatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4atatADP_6 Olympicscase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Olympicsdet
6OlympicsOlympicPROPNNumber=Plur3 matterobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1matterpresentMistakesthe Olympicsvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

She should give up the relay team for good

nsubjauxcompound:prtdetcompoundobjcaseoblrootShePRONshouldAUXgiveVERBupADPtheDETrelayNOUNteamNOUNforADPgoodADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 givensubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 giveaux
3givegiveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4upupADP_3 givecompound:prt
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 teamdet
6relayrelayNOUNNumber=Sing7 teamcompound
7teamteamNOUNNumber=Sing3 giveobj
8forforADP_9 goodcase
9goodgoodADJDegree=Pos3 giveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give upshouldShethe relay teamfor goodvn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One dropped baton doesn't make her a bad runner

nummodcopnsubjauxadvmodobjdetamodobjrootOneNUMdroppedVERBbatonNOUNdoesAUXn'tPARTmakeVERBherPRONaDETbadADJrunnerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 batonnummod
2droppeddropVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 batoncop
3batonbatonNOUNNumber=Sing6 makensubj
4doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 makeaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 makeadvmod
6makemakeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 makeobj
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 runnerdet
9badbadADJDegree=Pos10 runneramod
10runnerrunnerNOUNNumber=Sing6 makeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastOne batontree rules
2not makepresent · do-supportOne batona bad runnerher = shevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary runner=Product

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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