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Test 11 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

Dad, after knocking next door: «Sorted. He's moving his car, nice bloke actually.» What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, this · What happens: knock, sort, move, show · To what, where: next door, Dad, car

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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: Dad, after knocking next door: «Sorted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Sorted	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knocking	punct
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 knocking	mark
4	knocking	knock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Dad	conj
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 door	amod
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocking	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Sorted	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Sorted	punct
9	Sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 Sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	gerund		next door					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	sort in a quote	participle · passive		Dad					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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's moving his car, nice bloke actually.»

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 moving	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moving	aux
3	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 car	nmod:poss
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bloke	punct
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bloke	amod
8	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl
9	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 bloke	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moving	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	Dad	Dad's car				nice bloke obl	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent car=Theme

Sentence 3: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A polite word solved the problem quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solved	nsubj
4	solved	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solved	obj
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 solved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solve	past	a polite word	the problem				quickly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Dad had to call the police in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 call	mark
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Dad						tree rules
2	call	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	the police			in the end		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

Option 3

Neighbours always become enemies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 become	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 become	advmod
3	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	Neighbours	enemies				always property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Angry notes are the best way to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 notes	amod
2	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 way	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 win	mark
8	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Angry notes	the best way					tree rules
2	win	to-infinitive							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=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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