Test 7 · Cheating at games and sport
Your cousin says, "Armstrong still won seven times, so cheating paid off." What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Armstrong · What happens: say, win, pay off, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 93 «Cheating at games and sport» 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: Your cousin says, "Armstrong still won seven times, so cheating paid off."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 won | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 won | punct |
| 6 | Armstrong | Armstrong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 won | nsubj |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 won | advmod |
| 8 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 times | nummod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 won | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 paid | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 paid | advmod |
| 13 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 paid | aux:pass |
| 14 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 says | ccomp |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 paid | compound:prt |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 paid | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 paid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | win in a quote | past | Armstrong | still; time | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | pay off in a quote | gerund · passive | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing; he kept all his trophies in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 kept | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 trophies | det:predet |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trophies | nmod:poss |
| 7 | trophies | trophy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kept | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | Nothing | in the end | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trophy=Theme in end=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He lost all seven titles and his good name; cheats steal from honest riders
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 titles | det |
| 4 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 titles | nummod |
| 5 | titles | title | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lost | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 name | cc |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 name | nmod:poss |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 name | amod |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 titles | conj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 steal | punct |
| 11 | cheats | cheat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 steal | nsubj |
| 12 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 lost | parataxis |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 riders | case |
| 14 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 riders | amod |
| 15 | riders | rider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | He | all seven titles and his good name | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | steal | present | cheats | honest riders | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | name | his = he | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Doping is allowed in cycling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doping | doping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cycling | case |
| 5 | cycling | cycling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Doping | cycling | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 4
He was never caught for anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 caught | advmod |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 anything | case |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not catch | past · passive | He | for anything | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for anything=Beneficiary |
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