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Test 9 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

Alfie says "My little brother could do that." What is the best first step before deciding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alfie, little brother, best first step · What happens: say, do, be, decide · To what, where: that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts 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: Alfie says "My little brother could do that."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
4	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 do	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Alfie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	could	My little brother	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

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 is the best first step before deciding?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 step	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 step	amod
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 step	amod
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 deciding	mark
8	deciding	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 step	acl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best first step						tree rules
2	decide	gerund	the best first step not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shout that it is rubbish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 rubbish	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rubbish	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rubbish	cop
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	rubbish					tree rules

Option 2

Walk past it quickly without looking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	past	past	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Walk	obl
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 looking	mark
6	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			it		quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past it=Trajectory
2	look	gerund	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stand and look at it for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 look	cc
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 look	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 minute	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 minute	det
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	infinitive	you not said here				minute	at it	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme

Option 4

Touch it to see how thick the paint is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Touch	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Touch	advcl
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 thick	advmod
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 see	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 paint	det
8	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thick	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thick	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	imperative	you not said here	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	the paint					thick property	tree rules

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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