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Test 10 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

Jamal: "Grandpa, every kid you meet is 'an exception'. Maybe your rule's the exception." What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Jamal, rule, your, this · What happens: meet, be, rule, show · To what, where: kid, exception

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» 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: Jamal: "Grandpa, every kid you meet is 'an exception'.

nsubjpunctpunctconjpunctdetapposnsubjacl:relclcoppunctdetpunctpunctrootJamalPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTGrandpaPROPN,PUNCTeveryDETkidNOUNyouPRONmeetVERBisAUX'PUNCTanDETexceptionNOUN'PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JamalJamalPROPNNumber=Sing13 exceptionnsubj
2::PUNCT_4 Grandpapunct
3""PUNCT_4 Grandpapunct
4GrandpaGrandpaPROPNNumber=Sing1 Jamalconj
5,,PUNCT_7 kidpunct
6everyeveryDETPronType=Tot7 kiddet
7kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing4 Grandpaappos
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 meetnsubj
9meetmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 kidacl:relcl
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 exceptioncop
11''PUNCT_13 exceptionpunct
12anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 exceptiondet
13exceptionexceptionNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
14''PUNCT_13 exceptionpunct
15..PUNCT_13 exceptionpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meet in a quotepresentyouevery kid not said herevn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Co-Agent
2is a in a quotepresentJamal and Grandpaa exceptiontree rules

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: Maybe your rule's the exception."

advmodnmod:possnsubjcopdetpunctpunctrootMaybeADVyourPRONruleNOUN'sAUXtheDETexceptionNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MaybemaybeADV_6 exceptionadvmod
2youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 rulenmod:poss
3ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing6 exceptionnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 exceptioncop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 exceptiondet
6exceptionexceptionNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 exceptionpunct
8""PUNCT_6 exceptionpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentyour rulethe exceptionmaybe propertytree rules
2ruleyournom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 3: What does this show?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXthisPRONshowVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 showobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 showaux
3thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 shownsubj
4showshowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 showpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresent · do-supportthisvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

Grandpa only meets unusual children

nsubjadvmodamodobjrootGrandpaNOUNonlyADVmeetsVERBunusualADJchildrenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandpagrandpaNOUNNumber=Sing3 meetsnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 meetsadvmod
3meetsmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4unusualunusualADJDegree=Pos5 childrenamod
5childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur3 meetsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meetpresentGrandpaunusual childrenvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-Agent

Option 2

Exceptions prove that rules are true, so Grandpa's rule is still right

nsubjmarknsubjcopccomppunctadvmodnmod:posscasensubjcopadvmodconjrootExceptionsNOUNproveVERBthatSCONJrulesNOUNareAUXtrueADJ,PUNCTsoADVGrandpaPROPN'sPARTruleNOUNisAUXstillADVrightADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ExceptionsexceptionNOUNNumber=Plur2 provensubj
2proveproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_6 truemark
4rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur6 truensubj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 truecop
6truetrueADJDegree=Pos2 proveccomp
7,,PUNCT_14 rightpunct
8sosoADV_14 rightadvmod
9GrandpaGrandpaPROPNNumber=Sing11 rulenmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 Grandpacase
11ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing14 rightnsubj
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 rightcop
13stillstillADV_14 rightadvmod
14rightrightADJDegree=Pos6 trueconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1provepresentExceptionsvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2ispresentrulestrue propertytree rules
3ispresentGrandpa's rulestillright propertytree rules
4ruleGrandpanom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

If lots of cases break a rule, the rule is probably wrong

marknsubjcasenmodadvcldetobjpunctdetnsubjcopadvmodrootIfSCONJlotsNOUNofADPcasesNOUNbreakVERBaDETruleNOUN,PUNCTtheDETruleNOUNisAUXprobablyADVwrongADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_5 breakmark
2lotslotNOUNNumber=Plur5 breaknsubj
3ofofADP_4 casescase
4casescaseNOUNNumber=Plur2 lotsnmod
5breakbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 wrongadvcl
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 ruledet
7ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing5 breakobj
8,,PUNCT_5 breakpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 ruledet
10ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing13 wrongnsubj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 wrongcop
12probablyprobablyADV_13 wrongadvmod
13wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1break a condition, not said to happenpresentlots of casesa rulevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
2ispresentthe ruleprobably, wrong propertytree rules

Option 4

Jamal doesn't respect his grandpa

nsubjauxadvmodnmod:possobjrootJamalPROPNdoesAUXn'tPARTrespectVERBhisPRONgrandpaNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JamalJamalPROPNNumber=Sing4 respectnsubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 respectaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 respectadvmod
4respectrespectVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 grandpanmod:poss
6grandpagrandpaNOUNNumber=Sing4 respectobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not respectpresent · do-supportJamalJamal's grandpavn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandpa=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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