Test 2 · ★ · Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany thre…

wait, Denis just stopped talking to her cos he's a big talker?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Denis, he · What happens: wait, stop, talk, be · To what, where: big talker

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1328 «Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany three magic gifts, and she grows vain and sharp» of the books 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stopped	punct
3	Denis	Denis	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 stopped	advmod
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stopped	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 cos	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cos	nmod:poss
9	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talking	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 talker	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 talker	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 talker	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 talker	amod
14	talker	talker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	past	Denis			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	talk	gerund	Denis not said here		to Denis's cos	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cos=Co-Agent
4	is a	present	he	a big talker		tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

yep, he likes talking but never listens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 likes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likes	nsubj
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 likes	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 listens	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 listens	advmod
8	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	like	present	he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	talk not said to happen	gerund	he not said here	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not listen	present	he not said here	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yep, he always chatters on about his horses and never listens to her at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 chatters	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chatters	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 chatters	advmod
5	chatters	chatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 chatters	compound:prt
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 horses	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horses	nmod:poss
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chatters	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 listens	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 listens	advmod
12	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 chatters	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 listens	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 listens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chatter on	present	he					about his horses; always property	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about horse=Topic
2	not listen	present	he not said here		her = she	all			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=Theme

Option 3

nah, he just went quiet for a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 went	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 while	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 while	det
9	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he				while	quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yep, he likes talking about himself but never listens to what she says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 likes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likes	nsubj
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 likes	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 himself	case
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 talking	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 listens	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 listens	advmod
10	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likes	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 what	case
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 listens	obl
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	like	present	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	talk not said to happen	gerund	he not said here	about himself = he	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=Topic
3	not listen	present	he not said here		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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