Test 12 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…
Kid in class: "If that guy wins, he'll ban school holidays, my brother said." How do you find out what he really promised?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy, brother, you · What happens: win, ban, say, find out, promise · To what, where: school holidays · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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: Kid in class: "If that guy wins, he'll ban school holidays, my brother said."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 class | case |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 ban | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 ban | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 wins | mark |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 guy | det |
| 8 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wins | nsubj |
| 9 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 ban | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wins | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 ban | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 ban | aux |
| 13 | ban | ban | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Kid | parataxis |
| 14 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 holidays | compound |
| 15 | holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 ban | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 brother | nmod:poss |
| 18 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ban | advcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 ban | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 ban | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | that guy | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ban in a quote | future | guy | school holidays | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer holiday=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | my brother | 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: How do you find out what he really promised?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 find | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 find | nsubj |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 find | compound:prt |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 promised | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 promised | nsubj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 promised | advmod |
| 9 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 find | ccomp |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | present · do-support | you | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | participle | brother | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Believe it, because big brothers always know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 know | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 know | mark |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brothers | amod |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 know | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 know | advmod |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | know | present | big brothers | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Wait and see whether summer comes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 see | cc |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 6 comes | mark |
| 5 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comes | nsubj |
| 6 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | come | present | summer | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Ask the kid's brother again, louder this time
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 kid | det |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 kid | case |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 louder | punct |
| 8 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Ask | parataxis |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 louder | 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 kid's brother | again | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Look at what his party actually published
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 party | case |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 party | nsubj |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 party | nmod:poss |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 published | advmod |
| 7 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 party | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | at his party | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at party=Theme | ||||
| 2 | publish | participle | his party not said here | actually property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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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