Test 5 · ★ · Closed doors, whispers and secrets
Dad: «Chocolate before tea? Fine by me.» Mum: «I said NO.» Dad: «Right, sorry, we'll sort it.» What happens next?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, we · What happens: say, sort, happen · To what, where: NO. Dad, tea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Dad: «Chocolate before tea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Chocolate | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Chocolate | punct |
| 4 | Chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | appos |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 tea | case |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Chocolate | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Fine by me.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 me | case |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Fine | obl |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Mum: «I said NO.» Dad: «Right, sorry, we'll sort it.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | NO. | NO. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 8 Dad | compound |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 NO. | punct |
| 8 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 sort | punct |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 sort | punct |
| 11 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 13 sorry | discourse |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Right | punct |
| 13 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 17 sort | discourse |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorry | punct |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 sort | nsubj |
| 16 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 sort | aux |
| 17 | sort | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 sort | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 sort | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 sort | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Mum | NO. Dad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sort in a quote | future | we | tea | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Sentence 4: What happens next?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | next | next | ADV | _ | 2 happens | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | next property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
They stop speaking to each other forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | speaking | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stop | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 each | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 3 speaking | obl |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 each | fixed |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 speaking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | They | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | gerund | They not said here | to each; forever property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They sort it out between them and agree one rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sort | nsubj |
| 2 | sort | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sort | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 sort | compound:prt |
| 5 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sort | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 agree | cc |
| 8 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sort | conj |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 rule | nummod |
| 10 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 agree | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sort out | present | They | it | between them = they | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | infinitive | They not said here | one rule | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
Option 3
You get to choose whose rule you like better each time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 choose | mark |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 get | xcomp |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 rule | nmod:poss |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 choose | obj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 like | nsubj |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rule | acl:relcl |
| 9 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 like | advmod |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 choose | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | You | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | choose | to-infinitive | You not said here | rule | time | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | |||
| 3 | like | present | you | rule not said here | well property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rule=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
You get chocolate because Dad said first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 5 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 get | advcl |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | You | chocolate | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chocolate=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Dad | first property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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