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Test 7 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next

In a cartoon, a sign says WET PAINT and a character leans on the wall. What do you predict?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, character, you · What happens: say, lean, predict · To what, where: WET PAINT, cartoon, wall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a sign says WET PAINT and a character leans on the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	WET	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 PAINT	amod
9	PAINT	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 leans	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 character	det
12	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leans	nsubj
13	leans	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 says	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 wall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wall	det
16	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leans	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a sign	WET PAINT		a cartoon			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent paint=Theme in cartoon=Manner
2	lean	present	a character			the wall			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location

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 do you predict?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 predict	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 predict	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 predict	nsubj
4	predict	predict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 predict	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	predict	present · do-support	you						vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He gets paint all over himself

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 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gets	xcomp
4	all	all	ADV	_	6 himself	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 himself	case
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 paint	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	paint	infinitive	He not said here					over himself = he	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent over himself=Destination

Option 2

The wall disappears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wall	det
2	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disappears	nsubj
3	disappears	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	the wall						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing happens, because cartoons always skip the obvious bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 skip	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 skip	mark
5	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 skip	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 skip	advmod
7	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happens	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bit	det
9	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bit	amod
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Nothing						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	skip	present	cartoons	the obvious bit				always property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Agent

Option 4

The paint dries straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paint	det
2	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dries	nsubj
3	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 dries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	present	the paint					away property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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