Test 2 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all
Kai: "Gran, one person won the lottery, doesn't mean we'll all win the lottery." Why is this a good comeback?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one person, Kai, we, this · What happens: win, not mean, be · To what, where: lottery · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» of the world 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: Kai: "Gran, one person won the lottery, doesn't mean we'll all win the lottery."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Gran | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Gran | punct |
| 4 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 won | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 person | nummod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 won | nsubj |
| 8 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Gran | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lottery | det |
| 10 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 won | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kai | punct |
| 12 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mean | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 mean | advmod |
| 14 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 win | nsubj |
| 16 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 win | aux |
| 17 | all | all | ADV | _ | 18 win | advmod |
| 18 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 mean | ccomp |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 lottery | det |
| 20 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 win | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 mean | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win in a quote | past | one person | the lottery | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not mean in a quote | present · do-support | Kai and Gran | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | win in a quote | future | we | the lottery | all property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality |
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: Why is this a good comeback?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 comeback | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 comeback | amod |
| 6 | comeback | comeback | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It proves smoking is good for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | smoking | smoking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 good | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | cop |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 proves | ccomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 proves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | It | for you | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | smoking | good property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It shows that one lucky case isn't the usual result
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 result | mark |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 case | nummod |
| 5 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 case | amod |
| 6 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 result | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 result | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 result | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 result | det |
| 10 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 result | amod |
| 11 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | one lucky case | the usual result | tree rules |
Option 3
It shows Kai likes the lottery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 likes | nsubj |
| 4 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lottery | det |
| 6 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | like | present | Kai | the lottery | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lottery=Theme |
Option 4
It means Gran should buy a lottery ticket every single week from now on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 buy | aux |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ticket | det |
| 7 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ticket | compound |
| 8 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obj |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 week | det |
| 10 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 week | amod |
| 11 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 now | case |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 buy | advmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADV | _ | 13 now | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | buy | should | Gran | a lottery ticket | week | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme |
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