Test 8 · ★★ · Cheating, rules and games
After a match, a player on the other team sulks: "Ref's blind, you lot only won cos of luck, whatever." Which shows good sportsmanship in reply?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: player, you · What happens: sulk, win, show · To what, where: lot, good sportsmanship · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Cheating, rules and games» 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: After a match, a player on the other team sulks: "Ref's blind, you lot only won cos of luck, whatever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 match | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 match | det |
| 3 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sulks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 match | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 player | det |
| 6 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sulks | nsubj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 team | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 team | det |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 team | amod |
| 10 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 player | nmod |
| 11 | sulks | sulk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 blind | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 blind | punct |
| 14 | Ref | Ref | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 blind | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Ref | case |
| 16 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sulks | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 won | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 won | nsubj |
| 19 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 won | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | only | only | ADV | _ | 21 won | advmod |
| 21 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 blind | parataxis |
| 22 | cos | co | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 won | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 luck | case |
| 24 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 cos | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 whatever | punct |
| 26 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 won | obj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 blind | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 sulks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | present | a player on the other team | after a match | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | win in a quote | past | you | lot | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent co=Beneficiary whatever=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: Which shows good sportsmanship in reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sportsmanship | amod |
| 4 | sportsmanship | sportsmanship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 reply | case |
| 6 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | good sportsmanship | in reply | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent sportsmanship=Patient in reply=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Tell him to go home and never come back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 come | advmod |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | conj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not come back | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Laugh at him and tell everyone he's a sore loser
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Laugh | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | conj |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 loser | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 loser | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 loser | det |
| 10 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 loser | amod |
| 11 | loser | loser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | at him = he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | he | a sore loser | tree rules |
Option 3
Say "you're rubbish and you always will be"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 rubbish | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 rubbish | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rubbish | cop |
| 5 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 be | cc |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 be | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 be | advmod |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 be | aux |
| 10 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 be | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | you | rubbish | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | future | you | always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Say "good game" and offer to shake hands anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 game | amod |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 offer | cc |
| 7 | offer | offer | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 shake | mark |
| 9 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 offer | xcomp |
| 10 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 shake | obj |
| 11 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 9 shake | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | good game | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent game=Topic | ||||
| 2 | offer | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | shake not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | hands | anyway property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
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