Test 2 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"
Cousin, age 6: "I didn't cheat, you shuffled." Everyone: "OOOOH." Why is that a killer comeback?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: not cheat, shuffle, be · To what, where: killer comeback
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 173 «"The game is rigged because I lost"» 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: Cousin, age 6: "I didn't cheat, you shuffled."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 age | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 3 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 age | flat |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheat | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheat | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 cheat | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cheat | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 cheat | advmod |
| 10 | cheat | cheat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 age | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 shuffled | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 shuffled | nsubj |
| 13 | shuffled | shuffle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cheat | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheat | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cheat in a quote | past · do-support | I | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | shuffle in a quote | past | you | vn run-51.3.2 «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: Everyone: "OOOOH."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Everyone | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 OOOOH | punct |
| 4 | OOOOH | ooooh | INTJ | _ | 1 Everyone | discourse |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Everyone | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Everyone | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why is that a killer comeback?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 comeback | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 comeback | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 comeback | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 comeback | det |
| 5 | killer | killer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comeback | compound |
| 6 | comeback | comeback | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 comeback | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a killer comeback | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shuffling always helps the youngest player get the best cards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shuffling | shuffle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 helps | csubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Shuffling | advmod |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 player | det |
| 5 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 player | amod |
| 6 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | obj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 helps | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cards | det |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 cards | amod |
| 10 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shuffle | gerund | always property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | help | present | Shuffling | the youngest player | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | get | present | Shuffling not said here | the best cards | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer card=Stimulus |
Option 2
Ava never shuffles properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shuffles | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 shuffles | advmod |
| 3 | shuffles | shuffle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 3 shuffles | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not shuffle | present | Ava | properly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Ava shuffled the cards herself, so the deal was fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shuffled | nsubj |
| 2 | shuffled | shuffle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cards | det |
| 4 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shuffled | obj |
| 5 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 shuffled | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fair | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 fair | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 deal | det |
| 9 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fair | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 fair | cop |
| 11 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shuffled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shuffle | past | Ava | the cards | Ava obl | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | past | the deal | fair property | tree rules |
Option 4
The cousin admits cheating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cousin | det |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 admits | nsubj |
| 3 | admits | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 admits | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | present | the cousin | cheating | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheating=Theme |
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