Test 4 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…
In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyone with red trainers is out». Which part of the trial is it like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: losing side, anyone, part · What happens: lose, say, be · To what, where: New rule, playground game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» 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: In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyone with red trainers is out».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 3 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 side | det |
| 7 | losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 side | amod |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 9 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 10 says | advmod |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 rule | punct |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 rule | punct |
| 13 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 rule | amod |
| 14 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | obj |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 anyone | punct |
| 16 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 out | nsubj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 trainers | case |
| 18 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 trainers | amod |
| 19 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 anyone | nmod |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 out | cop |
| 21 | out | out | ADV | _ | 14 rule | parataxis |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 rule | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | gerund | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the losing side | New rule | a playground game | suddenly property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent rule=Theme in game=Manner | ||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | anyone | out property | 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: Which part of the trial is it like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 is | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 trial | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trial | det |
| 5 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 part | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 like | nsubj |
| 8 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 6 is | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | which part of the trial | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The Hatter forgetting which day of the month it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hatter | det |
| 2 | Hatter | hatter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 is | nsubj |
| 3 | forgetting | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Hatter | acl |
| 4 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgetting | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 month | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | nmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 day | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | gerund | the Hatter not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | day | Hatter | month | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | be | present | the Hatter | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The King inventing Rule Forty-two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 inventing | nsubj |
| 3 | inventing | invent | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | Rule | Rule | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 inventing | obj |
| 5 | Forty | Forty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rule | flat |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 two | punct |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 Rule | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | gerund | the King | Rule | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Result |
Option 3
The Queen's tarts going missing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tarts | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Queen | case |
| 4 | tarts | tart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 going | nsubj |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 going | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | the Queen's tarts | missing property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The jury writing their names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jury | det |
| 2 | jury | jury | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | writing | write | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 jury | acl |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 names | nmod:poss |
| 5 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 writing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | the jury not said here | their names | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | their = they | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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