Test 9 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no" Kid: "Sir, Bubbles was older than my little sister. Bubbles had a long life, man, no cap." What is the kid's point?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bubbles, point, kid · What happens: be, have, point · To what, where: long life
This is test 9 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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: Kid: "Sir, Bubbles was older than my little sister.
punct punct appos punct nsubj cop amod case nmod:poss amod obl punct root Kid NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Sir PROPN , PUNCT Bubbles PROPN was AUX older ADJ than ADP my PRON little ADJ sister NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kid kid NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 Sir punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Sir punct 4 Sir Sir PROPN Number=Sing 1 Kid appos 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 older punct 6 Bubbles Bubbles PROPN Number=Sing 8 older nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 older cop 8 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 Sir amod 9 than than ADP _ 12 sister case 10 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 sister nmod:poss 11 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 12 sister amod 12 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 8 older obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Kid punct
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1 is in a quote past Bubbles than my little sister; old property tree 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: Bubbles had a long life, man, no cap."
nsubj det amod obj punct conj punct det appos punct punct root Bubbles NOUN had VERB a DET long ADJ life NOUN , PUNCT man NOUN , PUNCT no DET cap NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bubbles bubble NOUN Number=Plur 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 life det 4 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 5 life amod 5 life life NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 man punct 7 man man NOUN Number=Sing 5 life conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 cap punct 9 no no DET PronType=Neg 10 cap det 10 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 7 man appos 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past Bubbles a long life and man vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient
Sentence 3: What is the kid's point?
cop det nmod:poss case nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET kid NOUN 's PART point NOUN ? PUNCT 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 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 kid det 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 6 point nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 kid case 6 point point NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
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1 is a present the kid's point tree rules 2 point the kid nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 Bubbles was fed crisps by his sister
nsubj:pass aux:pass obj case nmod:poss obl root Bubbles NOUN was AUX fed VERB crisps NOUN by ADP his PRON sister NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bubbles bubble NOUN Number=Plur 3 fed nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fed aux:pass 3 fed feed VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 crisps crisp NOUN Number=Plur 3 fed obj 5 by by ADP _ 7 sister case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 sister nmod:poss 7 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 fed obl
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1 feed past · passive his sister Bubbles vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient crisp=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Six years is a long life for a classroom goldfish
nummod nsubj cop det amod case det compound nmod root Six NUM years NOUN is AUX a DET long ADJ life NOUN for ADP a DET classroom NOUN goldfish NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 years nummod 2 years year NOUN Number=Plur 6 life nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 life cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 life det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 6 life amod 6 life life NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for ADP _ 10 goldfish case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 goldfish det 9 classroom classroom NOUN Number=Sing 10 goldfish compound 10 goldfish goldfish NOUN Number=Sing 6 life nmod
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1 is a present Six years a long life for a classroom goldfish tree rules
Option 3 Goldfish live longer than children
nsubj advmod case obl root Goldfish NOUN live VERB longer ADV than ADP children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Goldfish goldfish NOUN Number=Plur 2 live nsubj 2 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 2 live advmod 4 than than ADP _ 5 children case 5 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 longer obl
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1 live present Goldfish long property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Somebody in the class must be found and punished for what happened to Bubbles
nsubj case det nmod aux aux:pass cc conj mark nsubj ccomp case obl root Somebody PRON in ADP the DET class NOUN must AUX be AUX found VERB and CCONJ punished VERB for SCONJ what PRON happened VERB to ADP Bubbles NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Somebody somebody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 found nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 4 class case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 class det 4 class class NOUN Number=Sing 1 Somebody nmod 5 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 found aux 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 found aux:pass 7 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 punished cc 9 punished punish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 found conj 10 for for SCONJ _ 12 happened mark 11 what what PRON PronType=Int 12 happened nsubj 12 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 found ccomp 13 to to ADP _ 14 Bubbles case 14 Bubbles bubble NOUN Number=Plur 12 happened obl
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1 find must · passive Somebody vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme 2 punish participle vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 happen past to Bubbles vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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