Test 1 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…
Leo, first time at the cinema, grabs Dad's hand at the loud bit: "it's SO loud!!" What does Dad say that helps?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, hand, Dad, that · What happens: grab, be, say, help · To what, where: hand, loud bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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: Leo, first time at the cinema, grabs Dad's hand at the loud bit: "it's SO loud!!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 grabs | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 time | advmod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leo | appos |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 cinema | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cinema | det |
| 7 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leo | punct |
| 9 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Dad | case |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grabs | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 bit | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bit | det |
| 15 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bit | amod |
| 16 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grabs | obl |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 loud | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 loud | punct |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 loud | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 loud | cop |
| 21 | SO | so | ADV | _ | 22 loud | advmod |
| 22 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 grabs | parataxis |
| 23 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 22 loud | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 loud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | present | Leo | Dad's hand | the loud bit | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | hand | loud property | tree rules |
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 does Dad say that helps?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Dad | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | help | present | that | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shout back louder to beat it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 3 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 beat | mark |
| 5 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Shout | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 beat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout back speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | beat | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It's the big sound system; you can cover your ears
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 | 6 system | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 system | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 system | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 system | amod |
| 5 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 system | compound |
| 6 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 cover | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 cover | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 cover | aux |
| 10 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 system | conj |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 ears | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cover | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the big sound system | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cover | can | you | your ears | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination |
Option 3
Leave and never come to a cinema again, ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 come | cc |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 come | advmod |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 cinema | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cinema | det |
| 7 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ever | punct |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | ever | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not come | infinitive | you not said here | a cinema | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cinema=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Close your eyes tight until the film ends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Close | obj |
| 4 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Close | xcomp |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 ends | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 film | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ends | nsubj |
| 8 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Close | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | imperative | you not said here | your eyes | tight property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||
| 2 | end | present | the film | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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