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Test 7 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.» What's the right reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big brother, lead, right reply · What happens: nick, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 brother	amod
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nicked	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Lad	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Lad	punct
5	Lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nicked	nsubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 14	case
7	14	14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Lad	nmod
8	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lead	det
10	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 says	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 everyone	punct
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 says	nsubj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 school	case
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 everyone	nmod
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 nicked	parataxis
16	so	so	ADV	_	15 says	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 nicked	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick in a quote	past	Big brother						vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the lead						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: What's the right reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the right reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell the vicar so she can thank the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vicar	det
3	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 thank	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thank	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 thank	aux
7	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 school	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the vicar					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent vicar=Recipient clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank	can	she	the school					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme

Option 2

Ask the police to arrest him today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 police	det
3	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 arrest	mark
5	arrest	arrest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 arrest	obj
7	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrest	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the police					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent police=Recipient clause=Topic
2	arrest not said to happen	to-infinitive	the police not said here	him = he			today		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

If everyone says it, it must be true, so it is fine to say it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 says	mark
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 true	advcl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 says	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 true	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 true	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 true	cop
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 fine	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fine	expl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fine	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 true	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 say	mark
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 fine	csubj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	everyone	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	must	it					true property	tree rules
3	is	present						fine property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Don't put his name on it, the police named nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 put	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 put	advmod
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 name	nmod:poss
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 police	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 police	det
10	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	parataxis
11	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 police	acl
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 named	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not put	imperative · do-support	you not said here	his name		name			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme on it=Destination
2	name	participle	the police not said here	nobody					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Theme
3	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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