Test 8 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles Teacher: "Your dads are both accountants. The only fighting they do is with the printer." Which is the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dads, only fighting · What happens: be, do · To what, where: both accountants, only fighting, lesson
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Teacher: "Your dads are both accountants.
punct punct nmod:poss nsubj cop amod conj punct root Teacher NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON dads NOUN are AUX both ADJ accountants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 8 accountants punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 accountants punct 4 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 dads nmod:poss 5 dads dad NOUN Number=Plur 8 accountants nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 accountants cop 7 both both ADJ Degree=Pos 8 accountants amod 8 accountants accountant NOUN Number=Plur 1 Teacher conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Teacher punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Your dads both accountants 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: The only fighting they do is with the printer."
det amod nsubj nsubj acl:relcl cop case det punct punct root The DET only ADJ fighting NOUN they PRON do VERB is AUX with ADP the DET printer NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 fighting det 2 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fighting amod 3 fighting fighting NOUN Number=Sing 9 printer nsubj 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 do nsubj 5 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fighting acl:relcl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 printer cop 7 with with ADP _ 9 printer case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 printer det 9 printer printer NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 printer punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 printer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present dads = dad the only fighting not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fighting=Eventuality 2 is present the only fighting with the printer tree rules
Sentence 3: Which is the lesson?
nsubj cop det punct root Which PRON is AUX the DET lesson NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 4 lesson nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 lesson cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 lesson det 4 lesson lesson NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 lesson punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the lesson tree rules
The options Option 1 Accountants are secretly black belts
nsubj cop advmod amod root Accountants NOUN are AUX secretly ADV black ADJ belts NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Accountants accountant NOUN Number=Plur 5 belts nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 belts cop 3 secretly secretly ADV _ 4 black advmod 4 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 5 belts amod 5 belts belt NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Accountants black belts tree rules
Option 2 The taller dad would win a fight
det amod nsubj aux det obj root The DET taller ADJ dad NOUN would AUX win VERB a DET fight NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 dad det 2 taller tall ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 dad amod 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 5 win nsubj 4 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 win aux 5 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 fight det 7 fight fight NOUN Number=Sing 5 win obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 win would the taller dad a fight vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Claims you can't check aren't arguments, and fights aren't worth bragging about
The tree, 15 words nsubj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl cop advmod punct cc nsubj cop advmod parataxis xcomp advmod root Claims NOUN you PRON ca AUX n't PART check VERB are AUX n't PART arguments NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ fights NOUN are AUX n't PART worth ADJ bragging VERB about ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Claims claim NOUN Number=Plur 8 arguments nsubj 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 check nsubj 3 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 check aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 check advmod 5 check check VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Claims acl:relcl 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 arguments cop 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 arguments advmod 8 arguments argument NOUN Number=Plur root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 worth punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 14 worth cc 11 fights fight NOUN Number=Plur 14 worth nsubj 12 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 worth cop 13 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 14 worth advmod 14 worth worth ADJ Degree=Pos 8 arguments parataxis 15 bragging brag VERB VerbForm=Ger 14 worth xcomp 16 about about ADV _ 15 bragging advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not check can you Claims not said here vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme 2 not is a present Claims arguments tree rules 3 not is present fights worth property tree rules 4 brag speech: other gerund fights not said here about property vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Printers are dangerous to fight
nsubj cop mark xcomp root Printers NOUN are AUX dangerous ADJ to PART fight VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Printers printer NOUN Number=Plur 3 dangerous nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dangerous cop 3 dangerous dangerous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 fight mark 5 fight fight VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 dangerous xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Printers dangerous property tree rules 2 fight to-infinitive Printers not said here vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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