Test 2 · ★★★ · Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence A boy wears his lucky socks and wins a race. He says the socks made him win. What is wrong with his thinking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, socks · What happens: wear, win, say, make, be, think · To what, where: lucky socks, race, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 91 «Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence» 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: A boy wears his lucky socks and wins a race.
det nsubj nmod:poss amod obj cc conj det obj punct root A DET boy NOUN wears VERB his PRON lucky ADJ socks NOUN and CCONJ wins VERB a DET race NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 wears nsubj 3 wears wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 socks nmod:poss 5 lucky lucky ADJ Degree=Pos 6 socks amod 6 socks sock NOUN Number=Plur 3 wears obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 wins cc 8 wins win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wears conj 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 race det 10 race race NOUN Number=Sing 8 wins obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 wears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wear present a boy boy's lucky socks vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme 2 win present a boy not said here a race vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality
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: He says the socks made him win.
nsubj det nsubj ccomp obj xcomp punct root He PRON says VERB the DET socks NOUN made VERB him PRON win VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 socks det 4 socks sock NOUN Number=Plur 5 made nsubj 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 made obj 7 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 made xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present boy vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 make past the socks boy tree rules 3 win infinitive boy not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is wrong with his thinking?
nsubj cop case nmod:poss obl punct root What PRON is AUX wrong ADJ with ADP his PRON thinking NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 thinking case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 thinking nmod:poss 6 thinking thinking NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present with boy's thinking; wrong property tree rules 2 think boy nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He should have measured the socks
nsubj aux aux det obj root He PRON should AUX have AUX measured VERB the DET socks NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 measured nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 measured aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 measured aux 4 measured measure VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 socks det 6 socks sock NOUN Number=Plur 4 measured obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 measure should · perfect He the socks vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme sock=Value
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer One win together with the socks does not prove the socks caused it
nummod nsubj advmod case det nmod aux advmod det nsubj ccomp obj root One NUM win X together ADV with ADP the DET socks NOUN does AUX not PART prove VERB the DET socks NOUN caused VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 win nummod 2 win within X _ 9 prove nsubj 3 together together ADV _ 2 win advmod 4 with with ADP _ 6 socks case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 socks det 6 socks sock NOUN Number=Plur 2 win nmod 7 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 prove aux 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 prove advmod 9 prove prove VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 socks det 11 socks sock NOUN Number=Plur 12 caused nsubj 12 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 prove ccomp 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 caused obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not prove present · do-support One win with the socks vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 cause past the socks it vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient
Option 3 Lucky things only work on Fridays
amod nsubj advmod case obl root Lucky ADJ things NOUN only ADV work VERB on ADP Fridays PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucky lucky ADJ Degree=Pos 2 things amod 2 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 work nsubj 3 only only ADV _ 4 work advmod 4 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 on on ADP _ 6 Fridays case 6 Fridays Friday PROPN Number=Plur 4 work obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present Lucky things friday vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Socks always make you slower
nsubj advmod obj xcomp root Socks NOUN always ADV make VERB you PRON slower ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Socks sock NOUN Number=Plur 3 make nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 make advmod 3 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 make obj 5 slower slow ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 make xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Socks you always, slow property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product
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