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Test 8 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next

Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read». Why is predicting useful?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen cousin · What happens: predict, be, read

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Gen Alpha cousin: «nah predicting is mid, just read».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	compound
2	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gen	flat
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mid	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 cousin	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 predicting	punct
6	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 predicting	discourse
7	predicting	predict	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cousin	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mid	cop
9	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 read	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 read	advmod
12	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 mid	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 read	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 mid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	predict in a quote	gerund	Gen cousin not said here						vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is in a quote	present	Gen cousin					mid property	tree rules
3	read in a quote	infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Why is predicting useful?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 predicting	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 predicting	aux
3	predicting	predict	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 predicting	xcomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 predicting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	predict	present · progressive						useful property	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1

It means you don't have to finish the book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 have	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 have	advmod
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 finish	mark
8	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not have	present · do-support	you						tree rules
3	finish	to-infinitive	you not said here	the book					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality book=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It keeps you thinking about the story and makes it exciting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obj
4	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 story	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinking	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keeps	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	you					tree rules
2	think speech: other	gerund	you not said here					about the story	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about story=Topic
3	make	present		story				exciting property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3

It's only for tests and has no use at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tests	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tests	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 tests	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 tests	case
5	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 has	cc
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tests	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 use	det
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for tests	tree rules
2	have	present		no use		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Patient

Option 4

It lets you skip to the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 lets	obj
4	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lets	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skip	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	It	you					tree rules
2	skip	infinitive	you not said here				to the end		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to end=Destination

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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