Test 1 · ★ · Tricky words and common exception words

«oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'». Is using the word wall cheating?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, Miss, using · What happens: look, be, use, cheat · To what, where: tellin, cheatin, word wall

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» 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: «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct
2	oi	oi	INTJ	_	4 look	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 oi	punct
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 look	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tellin	cc
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 tellin	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tellin	cop
12	tellin	tellin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	conj
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	17 cheatin	punct
14	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 cheatin	nsubj
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 cheatin	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cheatin	cop
17	cheatin	cheatin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tellin	appos
18	'	'	PUNCT	_	17 cheatin	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 cheatin	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	imperative	you not said here		again	at the wall	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at wall=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	I	tellin			tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	Miss	cheatin			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: Is using the word wall cheating?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 using	aux
2	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 cheating	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wall	compound
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 using	obj
6	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cheating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · progressive		the word wall					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient
2	cheat	gerund	using						vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, unless the teacher is out of the room and can't see you

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 room	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 room	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 room	cop
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 room	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 see	cc
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 room	conj
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				the room		unless the teacher	tree rules
2	not see	can		you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, real spellers never look at anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spellers	amod
4	spellers	speller	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 look	advmod
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	present	real spellers					at anything	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at anything=Theme

Option 3

No, but only Year 1 children may use it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 use	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 Year	advmod
5	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 use	nsubj
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Year	flat
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 use	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 use	aux
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	may	Year	it					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, the wall is there so you check instead of guess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 is	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 check	cop
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 is	expl
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 check	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 check	nsubj
9	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	12 guess	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 instead	fixed
12	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					instead guess; check property	tree rules

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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