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Test 5 · ★★ · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Dad, worn out: "No more questions. Because I said so, OK?" What will probably work better than arguing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: wear out, say, work, argue · To what, where: more questions · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» 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, worn out: "No more questions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worn	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 worn	compound:prt
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 worn	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 questions	punct
7	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 questions	det
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 questions	amod
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear out	participle		no more questions					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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: Because I said so, OK?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 said	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
6	OK	ok	INTJ	_	3 said	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 OK	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 OK	punct

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

Sentence 3: What will probably work better than arguing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 work	obj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 work	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 work	advmod
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	7 arguing	mark
7	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 work	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	future						probably, well property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Going to ask Grandad behind Dad's back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 ask	mark
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Going	xcomp
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obj
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 back	case
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 back	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Dad	case
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			Grandad	Dad's back			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandad=Recipient

Option 2

Slamming the door to make your point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slamming	slam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slamming	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Slamming	advcl
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 point	nmod:poss
7	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	gerund		the door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive		your point					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset point=Product
3	point		your						nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Asking the same question twenty more times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 question	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 question	amod
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 question	flat
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 times	amod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Asking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund		the same question			time		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Asking calmly later why, so you understand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	3 later	advmod
3	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Asking	advmod
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 later	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 understand	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 understand	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 understand	nsubj
8	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Asking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund						late property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	understand	present	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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