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Test 1 · ★ · Fronted adverbials

«'after lunch we played' is fine, commas are optional innit». What should the pupil do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, commas, pupil · What happens: play, be, do · To what, where: optional innit

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» 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: «'after lunch we played' is fine, commas are optional innit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 played	punct
2	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 played	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	4 lunch	case
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 played	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 played	nsubj
6	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	nsubj
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 played	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
11	commas	comma	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 innit	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 innit	cop
13	optional	optional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 innit	amod
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fine	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play in a quote	past	we				after lunch		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present						fine property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	commas	optional innit					tree rules

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 the pupil 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	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	the pupil						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Add a comma: «After lunch, we played.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 comma	det
3	comma	comma	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 played	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 played	punct
6	After	after	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 played	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lunch	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 played	nsubj
10	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Add	parataxis
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Add	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a comma					tree rules
2	play in a quote	past	we				after lunch		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Leave it, commas never go after adverbials

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 commas	compound
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct
4	commas	comma	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 adverbials	case
8	adverbials	adverbial	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	infinitive		it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not go	present	Leave commas				after adverbials		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Put the comma after «we»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 comma	det
3	comma	comma	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 we	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 we	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obl
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the comma			after we		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent comma=Goal

Option 4

Change it to a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Change	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 question	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	it				to a question	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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