Test 7 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe…
Jade: "Or we look at the rota on the fridge, Freddie. It's literally right there." What did she offer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, Jade, Freddie · What happens: look, be, offer · To what, where: Jade, rota
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Jade: "Or we look at the rota on the fridge, Freddie.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jade | jade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 look | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 look | punct |
| 4 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 look | cc |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 look | nsubj |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jade | acl:relcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 rota | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rota | det |
| 9 | rota | rota | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 look | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 fridge | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fridge | det |
| 12 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rota | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Freddie | punct |
| 14 | Freddie | Freddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 rota | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | present | we | Jade not said here | the rota on the fridge and Freddie | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jade=Attribute |
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: It's literally right there."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 there | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 there | cop |
| 3 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 5 there | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 there | advmod |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 there | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 there | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jade | literally, right, there property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What did she offer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 offer | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 offer | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 offer | nsubj |
| 4 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 offer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past · do-support | Freddie | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
A way to avoid feeding him at all, ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 avoid | mark |
| 4 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | acl |
| 5 | feeding | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 avoid | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 feeding | iobj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 feeding | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 way | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | to-infinitive | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | feed | gerund | him = he | all | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 2
A way to let the hamster starve quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 let | mark |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hamster | det |
| 6 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | obj |
| 7 | starve | starve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 8 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 7 starve | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | to-infinitive | the hamster | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | starve | infinitive | the hamster not said here | quietly property | tree rules |
Option 3
A straw man of Freddie's hamster idea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | straw | straw | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 idea | case |
| 5 | Freddie | Freddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 idea | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Freddie | case |
| 7 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 idea | compound |
| 8 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 man | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A third option beyond the either-or
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 option | det |
| 2 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 option | amod |
| 3 | option | option | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 6 either | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 either | det |
| 6 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 3 option | nmod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 either | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 either | cc |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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