Test 11 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

Max shows Mum a new advert: "It flies round the room by itself!!" What does Mum suggest before buying?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, advert, Mum · What happens: show, fly, suggest, buy · To what, where: Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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: Max shows Mum a new advert: "It flies round the room by itself!!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 advert	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 advert	amod
6	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 flies	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 flies	punct
9	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 flies	nsubj
10	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	parataxis
11	round	round	ADP	_	13 room	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 room	det
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flies	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 itself	case
15	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 flies	obl
16	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	10 flies	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Max	Mum					tree rules
2	fly in a quote	present	advert					round the room; by advert	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location

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 Mum suggest before buying?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 suggest	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suggest	aux
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suggest	nsubj
4	suggest	suggest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 buying	mark
6	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 suggest	advcl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 suggest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · do-support	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	buy	gerund	Mum not said here						vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Buy two, in case one flies away out of the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Buy	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 flies	punct
4	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 flies	mark
5	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 in	fixed
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flies	nsubj
7	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Buy	parataxis
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 flies	advmod
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 window	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 window	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	two					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme
2	fly away	present	one			the window		away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out window=Location

Option 2

Wait for the toy to fly to the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 toy	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fly	mark
6	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for the toy	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fly	to-infinitive	you not said here					to the house result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Look at real reviews, because adverts show toys at their best

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	_	4 reviews	case
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reviews	amod
4	reviews	review	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Look	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 show	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 show	mark
7	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	nsubj
8	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	parataxis
9	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 best	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 best	nmod:poss
12	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					at real reviews	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at review=Theme
2	show	present	adverts	toys		adverts's best			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent toy=Recipient

Option 4

Believe it, because adverts must show the truth

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	_	7 show	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 show	mark
5	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 show	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 show	aux
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Believe	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obj

#	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	show	must	adverts	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=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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