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Test 9 · ★ · Tricky words and common exception words

«lol yo-u?? ur so sus». How could Holly's brother help instead?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: help

This is test 9 · ★ 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: «lol yo-u?? ur so sus».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 sus	punct
2	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 u	discourse
3	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 u	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 yo	punct
5	u	u	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sus	nsubj
6	??	??	PUNCT	_	5 u	punct
7	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sus	nmod:poss
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 sus	advmod
9	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 sus	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 sus	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: How could Holly's brother help instead?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 help	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 help	aux
3	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 brother	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Holly	case
5	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	nsubj
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	6 help	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	could	Holly's brother					instead property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Keep laughing, so she remembers it next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 remembers	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 remembers	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 remembers	nsubj
6	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 remembers	obj
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remembers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	laugh	gerund	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	remember	present	she	it			time		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Tell her to skip the word when she meets it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 skip	mark
4	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skip	obj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 meets	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 meets	nsubj
9	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 skip	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 meets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	skip not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the word					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Agent
3	meet	present	she	word					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Show her you, your, you're, and how «you» stays the same in each

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Show	iobj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Show	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 your	punct
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Show	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 're	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 're	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Show	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stays	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 stays	cc
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 stays	advmod
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 you	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 stays	nsubj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 you	punct
15	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Show	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 same	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stays	xcomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 each	case
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	imperative	you not said here	your	you				tree rules
2	stay	present	you			each		same property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in each=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Spell it for her every time she gets stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spell	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spell	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spell	obl:unmarked
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 time	acl:relcl
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	imperative	you not said here	it			time	for her = she	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	get	present	she	every time not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=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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