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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.

punctpunctnsubjauxconjadvmodadvmodccadvmodnsubjauxadvmodconjpunctrootGoalkeeperNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONwasAUXstandingVERBrightADVthereADVandCCONJevenADVIPRONdoAUXn'tPARTknowVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GoalkeepergoalkeeperNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_6 standingpunct
3""PUNCT_6 standingpunct
4IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 standingnsubj
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 standingaux
6standingstandVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Goalkeeperconj
7rightrightADV_8 thereadvmod
8therethereADVPronType=Dem6 standingadvmod
9andandCCONJ_14 knowcc
10evenevenADV_14 knowadvmod
11IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 knownsubj
12dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 knowaux
13n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg14 knowadvmod
14knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf6 standingconj
15..PUNCT_1 Goalkeeperpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stand in a quotepast · progressiveItherevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2not know in a quotepresent · do-supportIvn 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."

nsubjapposcopcasedetpunctpunctrootYouPRONtwoNUMwereAUXbyADPtheDETswingsNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 swingsnsubj
2twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card1 Youappos
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 swingscop
4bybyADP_6 swingscase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 swingsdet
6swingsswingNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 swingspunct
8""PUNCT_6 swingspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastYouby the swingstree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Neither girl saw clearly, so shouting can't settle it

detnsubjadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjauxadvmodconjobjrootNeitherDETgirlNOUNsawVERBclearlyADV,PUNCTsoADVshoutingVERBcaAUXn'tPARTsettleVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeitherneitherDETPronType=Neg2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing3 sawnsubj
3sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4clearlyclearlyADV_3 sawadvmod
5,,PUNCT_10 settlepunct
6sosoADV_10 settleadvmod
7shoutingshoutVERBVerbForm=Ger10 settlensubj
8cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 settleaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 settleadvmod
10settlesettleVERBVerbForm=Inf3 sawconj
11ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 settleobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastneither girlclearly propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2shout speech: expressgerundvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3not settlecanitvn 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
detnsubjcopadvmodadvmodpunctadvmoddetnsubjauxadvmodccconjobjrootTheDETgoalNOUNwasAUXdefinitelyADVoutADV,PUNCTsoADVtheDETgoalkeeperNOUNshouldAUXsayVERBsoADVandCCONJendVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 goaldet
2goalgoalNOUNNumber=Sing5 outnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 outcop
4definitelydefinitelyADV_5 outadvmod
5outoutADV_11 sayadvmod
6,,PUNCT_11 saypunct
7sosoADV_11 sayadvmod
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 goalkeeperdet
9goalkeepergoalkeeperNOUNNumber=Sing11 saynsubj
10shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin11 sayaux
11saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
12sosoADV_11 sayadvmod
13andandCCONJ_14 endcc
14endendVERBVerbForm=Inf11 sayconj
15ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 endobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe goaldefinitely, out propertytree rules
2say speech: assertshouldthe goalkeepervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3endinfinitivethe goalkeeper not said heregoalkeepervn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 3

The goal was definitely in

detnsubjcopadvmodrootTheDETgoalNOUNwasAUXdefinitelyADVinADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 goaldet
2goalgoalNOUNNumber=Sing5 innsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 incop
4definitelydefinitelyADV_5 inadvmod
5ininADP_rootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The goalkeeper is hiding the truth

detnsubjauxdetobjrootTheDETgoalkeeperNOUNisAUXhidingVERBtheDETtruthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 goalkeeperdet
2goalkeepergoalkeeperNOUNNumber=Sing4 hidingnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 hidingaux
4hidinghideVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 truthdet
6truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing4 hidingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hidepresent · progressivethe goalkeeperthe truthvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient

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