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Test 1 · ★ · Closed doors, whispers and secrets

Your sister says «When they shut the door, it means they're getting divorced.» Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, they, it, you · What happens: say, shut, mean, get, put · To what, where: door, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» 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 sister says «When they shut the door, it means they're getting divorced.»

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 shut	punct
5	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 shut	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shut	nsubj
7	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shut	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 means	nsubj
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 getting	nsubj
14	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 getting	aux
15	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 means	ccomp
16	divorced	divorced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 getting	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shut in a quote	present	they	the door					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	mean in a quote	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	get in a quote	present · progressive	they					divorced property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		sister			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

It means they're angry with you two

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 angry	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	cop
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 angry	obl
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	two					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Topic
2	is	present	they					with you; angry property	tree rules

Option 2

It means someone has died in the family

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 died	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 died	aux
5	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	present · perfect	someone					in the family	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in family=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's usually money, plans or other people's news

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	4 money	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 money	cop
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	4 money	advmod
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 plans	punct
6	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 money	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 people	cc
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 news	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 people	case
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 money	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	money and plans				other people's news nmod; usually property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, a shut door always means a divorce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 door	det
4	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 door	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 means	advmod
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 divorce	det
9	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a shut door	a divorce				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divorce=Topic

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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