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Test 10 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Dad: «I'd never chop down a tree like that without asking!» Later: the roots were cracking the drains. What should people have done?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, roots, people · What happens: not chop down, ask, crack, do · To what, where: tree, drains

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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: «I'd never chop down a tree like that without asking!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 chop	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 chop	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 chop	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 chop	advmod
7	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Dad	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 chop	compound:prt
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chop	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 that	case
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 chop	obl
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 asking	mark
14	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 chop	advcl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not chop down in a quote	would	I	a tree				like that	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund	I not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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: Later: the roots were cracking the drains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 cracking	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 cracking	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 roots	det
4	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cracking	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cracking	aux
6	cracking	crack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 drains	det
8	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cracking	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cracking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	past · progressive	the roots	the drains				late property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drain=Theme

Sentence 3: What should people have done?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 done	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 done	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 done	aux
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should · perfect	people						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Planted a new tree in their garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tree	amod
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 garden	nmod:poss
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	participle		a new tree		their garden			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in garden=Destination

Option 2

Reported the Websters to the police for cutting it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Websters	det
3	Websters	webster	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Reported	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 police	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Reported	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 cutting	mark
8	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Reported	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cutting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past		the Websters	the police				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent webster=Topic to police=Recipient
2	cut	gerund		it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Asked what happened before blaming them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happened	advcl
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 blaming	mark
5	blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 happened	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blaming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	participle							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	blame	gerund		them = they					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Never spoken to the Websters again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 spoken	advmod
2	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 Websters	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Websters	det
5	Websters	webster	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spoken	obl
6	again	again	ADV	_	2 spoken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	participle					again	to the Websters	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to webster=Co-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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