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Test 4 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next

★★ The old man warned «never open the red door». Halfway through, Lily throws the key into the sea. What should a good reader do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, old man, Lily, good reader · What happens: ★, warn, not open, throw, do · To what, where: red door, key, sea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» 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: ★★ The old man warned «never open the red door».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ★	nsubj
2	★	★	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	nsubj
6	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ★	ccomp
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 open	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 open	advmod
9	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 warned	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 door	amod
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 open	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 open	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ★	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	★	present	★						tree rules
2	warn speech: warn	past	the old man						vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not open in a quote	infinitive		the red door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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: Halfway through, Lily throws the key into the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Halfway	halfway	ADV	_	2 through	advmod
2	through	through	ADV	_	5 throws	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 through	punct
4	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 throws	nsubj
5	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 key	det
7	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throws	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throws	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 throws	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	Lily	the key				into the sea result; through property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer key=Theme into sea=Result

Sentence 3: What should a good reader do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reader	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reader	amod
5	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	a good reader						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Start the book again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Start	obj
4	again	again	ADV	_	1 Start	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	imperative	you not said here	the book			again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality

Option 2

Stop reading

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	reading					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality reading=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Keep the old prediction, whatever happens in the story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prediction	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prediction	amod
4	prediction	prediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happens	punct
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 happens	nsubj
7	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prediction	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 story	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the old prediction					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prediction=Theme
2	happen	present	whatever			the story			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in story=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Revise the prediction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Revise	revise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prediction	det
3	prediction	prediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Revise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revise	imperative	you not said here	the prediction					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent prediction=Patient

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