Test 5 · ★ · People and society — communities, work, money and rules Two children share a cake. One cuts and the other picks first. Why is this fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two children, One, this · What happens: share, cut, be · To what, where: cake
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 58 «People and society — communities, work, money and rules» 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: Two children share a cake.
nummod nsubj det obj punct root Two NUM children NOUN share VERB a DET cake NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 children nummod 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 share nsubj 3 share share VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 cake det 5 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 3 share obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 share punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 share present Two children a cake 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: One cuts and the other picks first.
nsubj cc det amod conj advmod punct root One NUM cuts VERB and CCONJ the DET other ADJ picks NOUN first ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 cuts nsubj 2 cuts cut VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 6 picks cc 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 picks det 5 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 6 picks amod 6 picks pick NOUN Number=Plur 2 cuts conj 7 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 2 cuts advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 cuts punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cut present One first property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: Why is this fair?
advmod cop nsubj punct root Why ADV is AUX this PRON fair ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 fair advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 fair cop 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 fair nsubj 4 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 fair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present this fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Cutting first is always an advantage
csubj advmod cop advmod det root Cutting VERB first ADV is AUX always ADV an DET advantage NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cutting cut VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 advantage csubj 2 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 1 Cutting advmod 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 advantage cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 advantage advmod 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 advantage det 6 advantage advantage NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cut gerund first property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 is a present Cutting a advantage always property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The cutter has a reason to make the pieces equal
det nsubj det obj mark acl det obj xcomp root The DET cutter NOUN has VERB a DET reason NOUN to PART make VERB the DET pieces NOUN equal ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cutter det 2 cutter cutter NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 reason det 5 reason reason NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 to to PART _ 7 make mark 7 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 reason acl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 pieces det 9 pieces piece NOUN Number=Plur 7 make obj 10 equal equal ADJ Degree=Pos 7 make xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present the cutter a reason vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient 2 make to-infinitive the cutter not said here the pieces equal property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset piece=Product
Option 3 The picker must take the smaller piece
det nsubj aux det amod obj root The DET picker NOUN must AUX take VERB the DET smaller ADJ piece NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 picker det 2 picker picker NOUN Number=Sing 4 take nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 take aux 4 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 piece det 6 smaller small ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 piece amod 7 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing 4 take obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take must the picker the smaller piece vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
Option 4 The cutter always gets to keep the bigger piece of cake
det nsubj advmod mark xcomp det amod obj case nmod root The DET cutter NOUN always ADV gets VERB to PART keep VERB the DET bigger ADJ piece NOUN of ADP cake NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cutter det 2 cutter cutter NOUN Number=Sing 4 gets nsubj 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 gets advmod 4 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 keep mark 6 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 gets xcomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 piece det 8 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 piece amod 9 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing 6 keep obj 10 of of ADP _ 11 cake case 11 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 9 piece nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present the cutter always property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 keep to-infinitive the cutter not said here the bigger piece of cake vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
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