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Test 3 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

Your brother says, "Grandad's hearing aid whistles 'cause it's broke." How do you put him right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, hearing aid, aid, you · What happens: say, whistle, be, put · To what, where: brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» of the adult life 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: Your brother says, "Grandad's hearing aid whistles 'cause it's broke."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whistles	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 whistles	punct
6	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 aid	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Grandad	case
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aid	compound
9	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 whistles	nsubj
10	whistles	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	15 broke	punct
12	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	15 broke	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 broke	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 broke	cop
15	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 whistles	ccomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 broke	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 whistles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	whistle in a quote	present	Grandad's hearing aid						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	aid					broke 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: How do you put him right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	you		brother			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It whistles because Grandad is pretending

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	2 whistles	nsubj
2	whistles	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 pretending	mark
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pretending	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pretending	aux
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 whistles	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	present	It						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pretend	present · progressive	Grandad						tree rules

Option 2

It whistles to warn that he is very ill

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	2 whistles	nsubj
2	whistles	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warn	mark
4	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 whistles	advcl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 ill	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ill	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 ill	advmod
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 warn	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	present	It						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive							vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he					ill property	tree rules

Option 3

Hearing aids whistle to tell you the time every hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 aids	compound
2	aids	aid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 whistle	nsubj
3	whistle	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 whistle	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 tell	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	present	Hearing aids						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	Hearing aids not said here		you		hour; time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It often whistles when it is not fitted right in the ear

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	3 whistles	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 whistles	advmod
3	whistles	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 fitted	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fitted	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fitted	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 fitted	advmod
8	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 whistles	advcl
9	right	right	ADV	_	12 ear	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 ear	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ear	det
12	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	present	It					often property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not fit	present · passive		it		the ear			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in ear=Trajectory

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