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Test 2 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Grandad: «Murphys never cut their grass, you could lose a sheep in there.» What might the real reason be?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, you · What happens: not cut, lose · To what, where: grass, sheep

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Grandad: «Murphys never cut their grass, you could lose a sheep in there.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cut	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 cut	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 cut	punct
4	Murphys	Murphys	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cut	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 cut	advmod
6	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grass	nmod:poss
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 lose	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 lose	aux
12	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cut	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sheep	det
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lose	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 there	case
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 lose	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cut in a quote	past	Grandad	their grass					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Product
2	lose in a quote	could	you	a sheep					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Eventuality

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: What might the real reason be?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 reason	acl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They've moved out and left the house

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	3 moved	nsubj:pass
2	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 moved	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 left	cc
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move out	present · perfect · passive		They					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	leave	past		the house					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Option 2

They're lazy and don't care about anyone

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	3 lazy	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lazy	cop
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 care	cc
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 care	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 care	advmod
7	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lazy	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 anyone	case
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					lazy property	tree rules
2	not care	present · do-support	They not said here					about anyone	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anyone=Stimulus

Option 3

They want to annoy the whole street

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 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 annoy	mark
4	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 street	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 street	amod
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 annoy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	They						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	annoy not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	the whole street					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus street=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A bad back, or leaving it for the bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 back	det
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 back	amod
3	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 leaving	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 leaving	cc
6	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 back	acl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 leaving	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 bees	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bees	det
10	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund	a bad back not said here	back				for the bees	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for bee=Recipient

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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