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Test 1 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up

Dad, soaking wet: "Bloody rain. Still, told Pete I'd help, didn't I." Why did he go?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, I. · What happens: soak, tell, help, do, go · To what, where: Pete, I. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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, soaking wet: "Bloody rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 soaking	punct
3	soaking	soak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Dad	conj
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soaking	xcomp
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 rain	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 rain	punct
7	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rain	amod
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dad	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	gerund						wet property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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: Still, told Pete I'd help, didn't I." Why did he go?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Still	still	ADV	_	3 told	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Still	punct
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	iobj
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 help	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 help	aux
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 I.	advmod
11	I.	I.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 go	punct
13	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 go	advmod
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 go	aux
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 go	nsubj
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 I.	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past			Pete		still		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent pete=Recipient clause=Topic
2	help	would	I						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	do	past		I.					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i.=Eventuality
4	go in a quote	past · do-support	I.						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Uncle Pete was paying him a lot of money for the whole afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pete	compound
2	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 paying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 paying	aux
4	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 paying	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paying	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lot	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 afternoon	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 afternoon	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 afternoon	amod
13	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · progressive	Uncle Pete		him = he		afternoon		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lot=Asset

Option 2

He wanted to get out of the house

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get out not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the house					tree rules

Option 3

He loves carrying sofas in the rain

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 loves	nsubj
2	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 loves	xcomp
4	sofas	sofa	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carrying	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	He						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	carry not said to happen	gerund	He not said here	sofas		the rain			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sofa=Value in rain=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He keeps his promises even when he doesn't feel like it

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 promises	nmod:poss
4	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
5	even	even	ADV	_	10 feel	advmod
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 feel	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feel	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 feel	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 feel	advmod
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keeps	advcl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He	his promises					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	not feel	present · do-support	he					like it	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like it=Theme
3	promise		his = he						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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