Test 4 · ★ · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend
"Jacko's a total bludger, mate," says Lachlan in Perth. What is a bludger?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jacko, total bludger · What happens: be, say · To what, where: total bludger, bludger · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 82 «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» 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: "Jacko's a total bludger, mate," says Lachlan in Perth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bludger | punct |
| 2 | Jacko | Jacko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bludger | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bludger | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bludger | det |
| 5 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bludger | amod |
| 6 | bludger | bludger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bludger | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bludger | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bludger | punct |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Lachlan | Lachlan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Perth | case |
| 14 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Lachlan | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Jacko | a total bludger and mate | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a total bludger and mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 is a bludger?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bludger | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bludger | det |
| 4 | bludger | bludger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bludger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Someone who has just moved to the class from another school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 moved | aux |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 moved | advmod |
| 5 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Someone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 class | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 class | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | obl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 school | case |
| 10 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 school | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present · perfect | another school | to the class | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to class=Destination from school=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Someone who lets others do the work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Someone | acl:relcl |
| 4 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lets | obj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lets | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 work | det |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | others | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | others not said here | the work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
Option 3
Someone who tells loud, funny jokes in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 tells | nsubj |
| 3 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Someone | acl:relcl |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 jokes | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 loud | punct |
| 6 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 jokes | amod |
| 7 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tells | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 class | case |
| 9 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | loud funny jokes | class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient |
Option 4
Someone who is brilliant at sport, especially footy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 brilliant | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brilliant | cop |
| 4 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Someone | acl:relcl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sport | case |
| 6 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brilliant | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 footy | punct |
| 8 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 9 footy | advmod |
| 9 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Someone | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sport | brilliant property | tree rules |
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