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Test 11 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Gran to Theo, who's sulking: "You don't have to love it, love. Go and read your book." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, You, Theo · What happens: sulk, not have, love, go, read, mean · To what, where: Gran, book · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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: Gran to Theo, who's sulking: "You don't have to love it, love.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sulking	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Theo	case
3	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sulking	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sulking	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sulking	aux
7	sulking	sulk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 have	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 have	punct
10	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 have	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 have	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 have	advmod
13	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sulking	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 love	mark
15	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 have	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 love	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 love	punct
18	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 have	vocative
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sulking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	present · progressive	Gran to Theo						tree rules
2	not have in a quote	present · do-support	You					love vocative	tree rules
3	love in a quote	to-infinitive	You not said here	Gran					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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: Go and read your book."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 read	cc
3	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 book	nmod:poss
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	read	infinitive	you not said here	your book					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

Sentence 3: What does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	Theo						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Reading is his punishment for not liking it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punishment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punishment	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 punishment	nmod:poss
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 liking	mark
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 liking	advmod
7	liking	like	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 punishment	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 liking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Reading	his punishment					tree rules
2	not like	gerund	his punishment not said here	Reading					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2

He must sit there until he learns to like the film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sit	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sit	aux
3	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sit	advmod
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 learns	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 learns	nsubj
7	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sit	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 like	mark
9	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 learns	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 film	det
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	must	He			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	learn	present	he						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	like	to-infinitive	he not said here	the film					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot film=Theme

Option 3

Books and films are exactly the same thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thing	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 films	cc
3	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Books	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 thing	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Books and films	the same thing				exactly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's fine not to like the film they enjoy

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 like	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 like	mark
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 film	det
8	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	obj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 enjoy	nsubj
10	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 film	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	not like	to-infinitive		the film					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot film=Theme
3	enjoy	present	they	the film not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus

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