Test 3 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles Leo: "Round and round we go. You're a washing machine, Lucas." What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, You, Leo · What happens: go, be, mean · To what, where: washing machine
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» 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: Leo: "Round and round we go.
nsubj punct punct cc conj nsubj parataxis punct root Leo PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Round ADV and CCONJ round ADV we PRON go VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 4 Round nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 Round punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Round punct 4 Round round ADV _ root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 round cc 6 round round ADV _ 4 Round conj 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 go nsubj 8 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 Round parataxis 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 Round punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote present we vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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: You're a washing machine, Lucas."
nsubj cop det compound punct appos punct punct root You PRON 're AUX a DET washing NOUN machine NOUN , PUNCT Lucas PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 machine nsubj 2 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 machine cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 machine det 4 washing washing NOUN Number=Sing 5 machine compound 5 machine machine NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 Lucas punct 7 Lucas Lucas PROPN Number=Sing 5 machine appos 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 Lucas punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 5 machine punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present You a washing machine tree rules
Sentence 3: What does he mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX he PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Leo vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Lucas's reason and claim keep pointing at each other
nmod:poss case nsubj cc conj xcomp case obl fixed root Lucas PROPN 's PART reason NOUN and CCONJ claim NOUN keep VERB pointing VERB at ADP each DET other ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN Number=Sing 3 reason nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lucas case 3 reason reason NOUN Number=Sing 6 keep nsubj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 claim cc 5 claim claim NOUN Number=Sing 3 reason conj 6 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 pointing point VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 keep xcomp 8 at at ADP _ 9 each case 9 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 7 pointing obl 10 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 9 each fixed
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep present Lucas's reason and claim tree rules 2 point gerund Lucas's reason and claim not said here each vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Lucas's team plays round in circles and never goes forward towards goal
nmod:poss case nsubj advmod case obl cc advmod conj advmod case obl root Lucas PROPN 's PART team NOUN plays VERB round ADV in ADP circles NOUN and CCONJ never ADV goes VERB forward ADV towards ADP goal NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN Number=Sing 3 team nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lucas case 3 team team NOUN Number=Sing 4 plays nsubj 4 plays play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 round round ADV _ 4 plays advmod 6 in in ADP _ 7 circles case 7 circles circle NOUN Number=Plur 4 plays obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 goes cc 9 never never ADV PronType=Neg 10 goes advmod 10 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 plays conj 11 forward forward ADV _ 10 goes advmod 12 towards towards ADP _ 13 goal case 13 goal goal NOUN Number=Sing 10 goes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 play present Lucas's team circles round property vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not go present Lucas's team not said here goal forward property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards goal=Initial_Location
Option 3 Lucas is good at spinning on the pitch
nsubj cop case obl case det obl root Lucas PROPN is AUX good ADJ at ADP spinning VERB on ADP the DET pitch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN Number=Sing 3 good nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 good cop 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 spinning case 5 spinning spin VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 good obl 6 on on ADP _ 8 pitch case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 pitch det 8 pitch pitch NOUN Number=Sing 5 spinning obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Lucas good property tree rules 2 spin gerund the pitch vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on pitch=Trajectory
Option 4 Lucas's kit needs washing
nmod:poss case nsubj obj root Lucas PROPN 's PART kit NOUN needs VERB washing NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN Number=Sing 3 kit nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lucas case 3 kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 4 needs nsubj 4 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 washing washing NOUN Number=Sing 4 needs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Lucas's kit washing vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot washing=Theme
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