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Test 1 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

«ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like». What should his mum do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ma lad, lad, mum · What happens: read, not tell, happen, do · To what, where: words, ya · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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: «ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 reads	punct
2	ma	ma	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lad	compound
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reads	nsubj
4	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 words	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reads	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 tell	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tell	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 tell	advmod
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reads	conj
13	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 tell	iobj
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 happened	nsubj
15	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 like	punct
17	like	like	ADP	_	15 happened	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 like	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read in a quote	present	ma lad	all words					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	not tell speech: assert in a quote	could	lad		ya				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	happen in a quote	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What should his mum do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Make him read faster so the story sticks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 read	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 sticks	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sticks	nsubj
8	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 read	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	read	infinitive	him = he not said here					fast property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stick	present	the story						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, reading the words aloud means he understood them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 means	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 reading	punct
3	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 words	det
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reading	obj
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	3 reading	advmod
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 understood	nsubj
9	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 understood	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund	Nothing not said here	the words				aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	mean	present	Nothing						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	understand	past	he	words = word					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ask one easy question after each page and talk about the story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 question	nummod
3	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 question	amod
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 page	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 page	det
7	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 talk	cc
9	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 story	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 story	det
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	one easy question			after each page		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
2	talk	infinitive	you not said here					about the story	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about story=Topic

Option 4

Stop the stories for now and do only sound drills every single night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stories	det
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stop	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 now	case
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Stop	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sound	cc
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sound	aux
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 sound	advmod
9	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
10	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sound	obj
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 night	amod
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sound	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	the stories					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality story=Eventuality
2	sound	present · do-support	you not said here	drills			night		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drill=Theme

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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