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Test 3 · Being bad at something and keeping going

A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("peng" means brilliant). What should he remember?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: London kid, kid, peng · What happens: say, be, try, mean, remember · To what, where: piano, trash · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("peng" means brilliant).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 kid	compound
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 peng	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 peng	punct
7	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 peng	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 peng	cop
9	peng	peng	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 piano	case
11	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 peng	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 trash	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 trash	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 trash	cop
15	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 peng	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 try	punct
17	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	19 try	advmod
18	even	even	ADV	_	19 try	advmod
19	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 try	punct
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 means	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 peng	punct
23	peng	peng	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 means	nsubj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 peng	punct
25	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
26	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 means	xcomp
27	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 means	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a London kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	kid			piano		peng property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	a London kid = kid	trash					tree rules
4	try in a quote	infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	mean	present	peng					brilliant property	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 should he remember?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	should	peng						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She was born playing piano perfectly with no practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 born	xcomp
5	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obj
6	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	4 playing	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 practice	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 practice	det
9	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		She					tree rules
2	play	gerund		piano				with no practice; perfectly property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent piano=Theme with practice=Co-Agent

Option 2

People who are trash at first are trash for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trash	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 trash	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trash	cop
4	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 People	acl:relcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 trash	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trash	cop
8	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 trash	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	People	trash					tree rules
2	is a	present	People	trash					tree rules

Option 3

Only famous people can learn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learn	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 learn	aux
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	can	famous people						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is seeing her best take after years

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 seeing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seeing	aux
3	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 take	nmod:poss
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 take	amod
6	take	take	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeing	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seeing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · progressive	He	her best take			year		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer take=Stimulus
2	take		her = she						nom take «possession transitive»: poss=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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