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Test 9 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help

Grandad, cross: "I don't need a bloody stick, I'm not an invalid!" Why might he say this?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, he · What happens: not need, not be, say · To what, where: bloody stick, invalid, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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: Grandad, cross: "I don't need a bloody stick, I'm not an invalid!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cross	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cross	punct
3	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 need	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 need	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 need	advmod
9	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cross	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stick	det
11	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stick	amod
12	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 invalid	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 invalid	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 invalid	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 invalid	advmod
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 invalid	det
18	invalid	invalid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cross	appos
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 invalid	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 invalid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need in a quote	present · do-support	I	a bloody stick					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stick=Theme
2	not is a in a quote	present	I	a invalid					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: Why might he say this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 say	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	might	he	this					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic

The options

Option 1

The stick is too heavy for him to lift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavy	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 heavy	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lift	mark
9	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 heavy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the stick					for him = he; heavy property	tree rules
2	lift	to-infinitive	the stick not said here						vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He hates losing his independence

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 hates	nsubj
2	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 hates	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 independence	nmod:poss
5	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	He						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose not said to happen	gerund	He not said here	his independence					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sticks are only used by people with broken legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 legs	case
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 legs	amod
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive	people with broken legs	Sticks					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He is planning to go running every morning

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	3 planning	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 planning	aux
3	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 planning	xcomp
6	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 go	xcomp
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 running	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present · progressive	He						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	run	gerund	He not said here				morning		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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