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Test 10 · Being bad at something and keeping going

Valeria says her painting is "so mid" ("mid" means average) and wants to bin it. Which is wise?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Valeria, painting, mid · What happens: say, be, mean, want, bin · To what, where: average, mid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» 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: Valeria says her painting is "so mid" ("mid" means average) and wants to bin it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Valeria	Valeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 painting	nmod:poss
4	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mid	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mid	cop
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 mid	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 mid	advmod
8	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 mid	punct
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 mid	punct
12	mid	mid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	nsubj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 mid	punct
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
15	average	average	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 means	obj
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wants	cc
18	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 means	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 bin	mark
20	bin	bin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wants	xcomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 bin	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Valeria						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Valeria's painting					mid property	tree rules
3	mean	present	mid	average					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Topic
4	want	present	mid not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	bin not said to happen	to-infinitive	mid not said here	mid					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: Which is wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 wise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Blame the paints

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 paints	det
3	paints	paint	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Blame	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	imperative	you not said here	the paints					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Keep it, spot what went muddy, try again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spot	punct
4	spot	spot	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spot	ccomp
7	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 went	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 try	punct
9	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 try	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	spot	infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
3	go	past						muddy property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	try	infinitive	you not said here				again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Paint over it in black and pretend it is night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 night	nsubj
2	over	over	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Paint	nmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 black	case
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Paint	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pretend	cc
7	pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 black	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pretend	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 night	cop
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	present	Paint over it in black not said here	Paint					tree rules
2	is a	present	Paint over it in black	night					tree rules

Option 4

Bin it and never paint a sunset ever again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bin	bin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bin	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 paint	cc
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 paint	advmod
5	paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Bin	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sunset	det
7	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paint	obj
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 paint	advmod
9	again	again	ADV	_	5 paint	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bin	imperative	you not said here	it					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not paint	infinitive	you not said here				ever; again; sunset		vn image_impression-25.1 «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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