Test 4 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles
Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know. You two were by the swings." What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, You, this · What happens: stand, not know, be, show
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goalkeeper | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 standing | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 standing | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 standing | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 standing | aux |
| 6 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Goalkeeper | conj |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 there | advmod |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 standing | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 know | cc |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 know | advmod |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 know | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 know | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 know | advmod |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 standing | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Goalkeeper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand in a quote | past · progressive | I | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not know in a quote | present · do-support | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 two were by the swings."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 swings | nsubj |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 You | appos |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swings | cop |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 swings | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 swings | det |
| 6 | swings | swing | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swings | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 swings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | You | by the swings | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Neither girl saw clearly, so shouting can't settle it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 3 saw | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 settle | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 settle | advmod |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 settle | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 settle | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 settle | advmod |
| 10 | settle | settle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saw | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 settle | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | neither girl | clearly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not settle | can | it | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |
Option 2
The goal was definitely out, so the goalkeeper should say so and end it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goal | det |
| 2 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 out | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 out | cop |
| 4 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 5 out | advmod |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 11 say | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 say | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 goalkeeper | det |
| 9 | goalkeeper | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 say | nsubj |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | aux |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 say | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 end | cc |
| 14 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 say | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 end | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the goal | definitely, out property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | should | the goalkeeper | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | end | infinitive | the goalkeeper not said here | goalkeeper | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 3
The goal was definitely in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goal | det |
| 2 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 in | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 in | cop |
| 4 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 5 in | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The goalkeeper is hiding the truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goalkeeper | det |
| 2 | goalkeeper | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hiding | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hiding | aux |
| 4 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hiding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · progressive | the goalkeeper | the truth | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |
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