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Test 3 · How to learn spellings that stick

«grab ya toque, eh, spellings in the car». Which game helps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, game · What happens: grab, help · To what, where: toque, ya

This is test 3 of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» of the English 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: «grab ya toque, eh, spellings in the car».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 grab	punct
2	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 grab	obj
4	toque	toque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grab	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eh	punct
6	eh	eh	INTJ	_	2 grab	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spellings	punct
8	spellings	spelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grab	parataxis
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 car	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 car	det
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spellings	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 spellings	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grab	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab in a quote	imperative	you not said here	toque	ya				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary toque=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 game helps?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	which game						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sing loudly with no words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Sing	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 words	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 words	det
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	imperative	you not said here					with no words; loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with word=Theme

Option 2

Count the cars only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cars	det
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Count	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	1 Count	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here	the cars					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Spell the signs and number plates you pass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signs	det
3	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spell	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 plates	cc
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plates	compound
6	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 signs	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 pass	nsubj
8	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 signs	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	imperative	you not said here	the signs and number plates					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2	pass	present	you	the signs and number plates not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Trajectory

Option 4

Close your eyes and sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Close	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sleep	cc
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	your eyes and sleep					vn crane-40.3.2 «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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