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Test 9 · ★★ · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

Uncle says Thriller sold a billion "because my mate told me". What is the wise move?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Uncle, Thriller, mate, wise move · What happens: say, sell, tell, be · To what, where: billion, Uncle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» 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: Uncle says Thriller sold a billion "because my mate told me".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Thriller	Thriller	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 billion	det
6	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sold	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 billion	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 told	mark
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mate	nmod:poss
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 told	nsubj
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	advcl
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 told	iobj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 told	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell	past	Thriller	a billion					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent billion=Theme
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	my mate		Uncle				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

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 wise move?

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	5 move	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Believe it, because uncles are always right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 right	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 right	mark
5	uncles	uncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 right	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 right	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 right	advmod
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Believe	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is	present	uncles					always, right property	tree rules

Option 2

Add a few more millions to be safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 millions	det
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 millions	amod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 millions	amod
5	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Add	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 safe	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 safe	cop
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Add	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a few more millions					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Check big numbers, because they grow when repeated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 numbers	amod
3	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Check	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 grow	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 grow	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grow	nsubj
7	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 repeated	advmod
9	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 grow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	big numbers					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme
2	grow	present	numbers = number						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	repeat	participle	numbers = number not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Repeat it to everyone at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Repeat	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 everyone	case
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Repeat	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	imperative	you not said here	it	everyone	school			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to everyone=Recipient

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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