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Test 7 · ★ · Practising when you would rather not

Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon). What does he want?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Neighbour, arvo · What happens: say, give, mean, want · To what, where: Neighbour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» 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: Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Melbourne	case
3	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Neighbour	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rest	det
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
11	till	till	ADP	_	13 arvo	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 arvo	det
13	arvo	arvo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 means	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 arvo	punct
17	arvo	arvo	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 means	nsubj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 arvo	punct
19	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
20	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 means	obj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 means	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Neighbour in Melbourne						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	infinitive		Neighbour			till the arvo		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient rest=Theme
3	mean	present	arvo				afternoon		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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: What does he want?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	arvo						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Charlie to practise for longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 practise	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 practise	mark
3	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 longer	case
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 practise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	to-infinitive	Charlie						tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Charlie to wait until the afternoon to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wait	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 wait	mark
3	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	until	until	ADP	_	6 afternoon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 afternoon	det
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wait	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive	Charlie				afternoon		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play	to-infinitive	Charlie not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Charlie to give the keyboard away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 give	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 give	mark
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 keyboard	det
5	keyboard	keyboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	to-infinitive	Charlie	the keyboard				away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent keyboard=Theme

Option 4

Charlie to play louder in the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 play	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 play	mark
3	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	louder	loud	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 play	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	to-infinitive	Charlie				morning	loud property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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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