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Test 6 · ★ · Tricky words and common exception words

«tara-a-bit, I'm off to learn they, then, them on me own as random shapes». What would help more?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: tara, I · What happens: bit, be, learn, help · To what, where: they

This is test 6 · ★ 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: «tara-a-bit, I'm off to learn they, then, them on me own as random shapes».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
2	tara	tara	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 a	punct
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 own	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 off	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 off	nsubj
9	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 off	cop
10	off	off	ADV	_	20 own	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 learn	mark
12	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 off	advcl
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 learn	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 them	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 them	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 them	punct
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 off	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 me	case
19	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 them	obl
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
21	as	as	ADP	_	23 shapes	case
22	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 shapes	amod
23	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 own	obl
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 own	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 own	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bit in a quote		tara						tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	I					off property	tree rules
3	learn in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	they					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

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 would help more?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 help	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Learning each one as a random picture shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Learning	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	8 shape	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shape	det
6	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shape	amod
7	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shape	compound
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Learning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	gerund		each one				as a random picture shape	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Option 2

Learning only one word a month, very slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 one	advmod
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 word	nummod
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Learning	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 month	det
6	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Learning	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 slowly	punct
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 slowly	advmod
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Learning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	gerund		one word			month	slowly property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Learning them as a family that all start with «the»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Learning	obj
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 family	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Learning	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 start	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 start	nsubj
8	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 family	acl:relcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 the	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 the	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 start	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Learning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	gerund		them = they				as a family	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
2	start	present	all	a family				with the	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality with the=Subeventuality

Option 4

Skipping them for now, they're far too short to matter in a story

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skipping	skip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 short	advcl
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Skipping	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 now	case
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Skipping	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Skipping	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 short	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 short	cop
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 short	advmod
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 short	advmod
10	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 matter	mark
12	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 short	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 story	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 story	det
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	gerund	they not said here	them = they					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Agent
2	is	present	they					far, short property	tree rules
3	matter	to-infinitive	they not said here			a story			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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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