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Test 4 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe…

Ruby: "Or, wild idea, half and half? There are more than two games in the world, Leo." What did she do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two games, Leo · What happens: be, do

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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: Ruby: "Or, wild idea, half and half?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 idea	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 idea	punct
4	Or	or	CCONJ	_	7 idea	cc
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 idea	punct
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ruby	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 half	punct
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 idea	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 half	cc
11	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	9 half	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ruby	punct

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

Sentence 2: There are more than two games in the world, Leo."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	5 two	advmod
4	than	than	ADP	_	3 more	fixed
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 games	nummod
6	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 are	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 games	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Leo	punct
11	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 are	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	two games in the world			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What did she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Leo						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Attacked Leo instead of his idea about games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Attacked	obj
3	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	6 idea	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	3 instead	fixed
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 idea	nmod:poss
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attacked	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 games	case
8	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 idea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	participle		Leo				instead Leo's idea about games	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leo=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Broke the either-or with a middle option

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 option	det
3	either	either	CCONJ	_	9 option	cc:preconj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 either	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 option	cc
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 option	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 option	det
8	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 option	amod
9	option	option	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past		the middle option					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer option=Patient

Option 3

Moved the goalposts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goalposts	det
3	goalposts	goalpost	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Moved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past		the goalposts					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goalpost=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Made a straw man of Leo's idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	straw	straw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Made	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 idea	case
6	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 idea	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Leo	case
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		a straw man of Leo's idea					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset man=Product

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