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Test 6 · Being bad at something and keeping going

Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means very). Why did nobody notice the dropped stick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, you, wicked, nobody · What happens: say, be, mean, notice, drop · To what, where: dropped stick · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: Kyle's brother says "you were wicked good after" ("wicked" means very).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kyle	Kyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kyle	case
3	brother	brother	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 good	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 good	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 good	amod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
10	after	after	ADP	_	9 good	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
12	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 means	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 wicked	punct
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 means	nsubj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 wicked	punct
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
17	very	very	ADV	_	16 means	advmod
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 means	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kyle's brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	you					good property	tree rules
3	mean	present	wicked						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: Why did nobody notice the dropped stick?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 notice	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 notice	aux
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 notice	nsubj
4	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stick	det
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 notice	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 notice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past · do-support	nobody	the dropped stick					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus
2	drop	participle							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The stick was invisible under the lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invisible	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invisible	cop
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 lights	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lights	det
7	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invisible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the stick			the lights		invisible property	tree rules

Option 2

Slips are always seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slips	slip	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seen	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 seen	advmod
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · passive		Slips				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He kept playing and the music did not stop

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	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stop	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 music	det
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stop	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stop	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 stop	advmod
9	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He						tree rules
2	play	gerund	He not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not stop	past · do-support	the music						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Everyone in the hall had their eyes shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 had	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 hall	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hall	det
4	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everyone	nmod
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obj
8	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Everyone	their eyes				shut property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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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