Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases
A cartoon shows a kid who yells at his dad in front of the school for lying about a holiday. What would be better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, kid · What happens: show, yell, lie, be · To what, where: kid, front
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics 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: A cartoon shows a kid who yells at his dad in front of the school for lying about a holiday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 yells | nsubj |
| 7 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kid | acl:relcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 dad | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yells | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 front | case |
| 12 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yells | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 school | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 school | det |
| 15 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 front | nmod |
| 16 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 lying | mark |
| 17 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 yells | advcl |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 20 holiday | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 holiday | det |
| 20 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lying | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a kid | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | present | a kid | front of the school | at cartoon's dad | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at dad=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | lie | gerund | a kid not said here | about a holiday | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about holiday=Location |
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 would be better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 better | obl |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 better | cop |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 better | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yelling louder so more people hear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelling | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 hear | csubj |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Yelling | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 hear | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | gerund | loud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hear | present | more people | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Asking Dad privately and respectfully how he sees it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 sees | csubj |
| 2 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | privately | privately | ADV | _ | 1 Asking | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 respectfully | cc |
| 5 | respectfully | respectfully | ADV | _ | 3 privately | conj |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 sees | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sees | nsubj |
| 8 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sees | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Dad | privately property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | see | present | he | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Never mentioning it to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 mentioning | advmod |
| 2 | mentioning | mention | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 mentioning | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 anyone | case |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 mentioning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mention speech: other | gerund | it | anyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to anyone=Recipient |
Option 4
Telling the school that Dad is a criminal who should be punished
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 school | det |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 criminal | mark |
| 5 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 criminal | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 criminal | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 criminal | det |
| 8 | criminal | criminal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | ccomp |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 punished | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 punished | aux:pass |
| 12 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 criminal | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the school | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Dad | a criminal | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | punish | should · passive | a criminal | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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