Test 10 · Some, all, none and "not all"
An Aussie kid: "All the boys in my class like footy. Sam likes footy, so Sam's a boy in my class? Yeah nah." Why "yeah nah"?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: like, be · To what, where: footy, boy, class
This is test 10 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» 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: An Aussie kid: "All the boys in my class like footy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | Aussie | aussie | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 kid | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 boys | punct |
| 6 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 boys | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boys | det |
| 8 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kid | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 class | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 class | nmod:poss |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boys | nmod |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 footy | case |
| 13 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boys | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 kid | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Sam likes footy, so Sam's a boy in my class?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 likes | nsubj |
| 2 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 likes | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 boy | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 boy | advmod |
| 6 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 boy | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 boy | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 boy | det |
| 9 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 likes | parataxis |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 class | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 class | nmod:poss |
| 12 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 boy | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 likes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | Sam | footy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot footy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Sam | a boy | my class | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Yeah nah."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 nah | discourse |
| 2 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 nah | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 nah | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: Why "yeah nah"?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 nah | punct |
| 3 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 nah | discourse |
| 4 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 1 Why | discourse |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 nah | punct |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
All footy fans are in that class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 fans | det |
| 2 | footy | footy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fans | amod |
| 3 | fans | fan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 class | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 class | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all footy fans | that class | tree rules |
Option 2
Sam can't like footy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | can | Sam | footy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot footy=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The "all" goes one way only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 all | reparandum |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 all | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 all | punct |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 way | nummod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | obl |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 way | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | all | one way | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Only boys can like footy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 boys | advmod |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 like | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | can | boys | footy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot footy=Theme |
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