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Test 6 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

Dad: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some people never learn.» What's wrong with the last bit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, people · What happens: burgle, say, not learn, be · To what, where: Number · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some people never learn.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 burgled	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Number	punct
4	Number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burgled	nsubj:pass
5	27	27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 Number	flat
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 burgled	aux:pass
7	burgled	burgle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Dad	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 back	punct
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 burgled	advmod
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 open	compound
11	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 door	amod
12	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 say	advcl
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 burgled	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 learn	punct
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 people	det
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 learn	nsubj
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 learn	advmod
19	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 say	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burgle in a quote	past · passive		Number					vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not learn in a quote	present	some people						vn learn-14-1 «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: What's wrong with the last bit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 bit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bit	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bit	amod
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with the last bit; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing, the burglar was a neighbour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 neighbour	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burglar	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 burglar	det
4	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 neighbour	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 neighbour	det
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Nothing	a neighbour					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It blames the victims, not the burglar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 victims	det
4	victims	victim	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blames	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 burglar	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 burglar	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 burglar	det
8	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 victims	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	It	the victims and the burglar					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It's fair, they should lock their doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fair	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lock	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lock	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 lock	aux
7	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fair	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 doors	nmod:poss
9	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules
2	lock	should	they	their doors					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 4

It's true, they were burgled twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 burgled	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 burgled	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 burgled	aux:pass
7	burgled	burgle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis
8	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 burgled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	burgle	past · passive		they				twice property	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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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