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Test 10 · Editing and redrafting

A kid in Sydney says "My story's sweet as, no worries." ("Sweet as" means great.) What should she still do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: say, mean, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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: A kid in Sydney says "My story's sweet as, no worries."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sweet	punct
7	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 story	nmod:poss
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sweet	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 story	case
10	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 sweet	fixed
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 worries	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 worries	det
14	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 says	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 worries	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 worries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid in Sydney						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: ("Sweet as" means great.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct
3	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 means	mark
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 as	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Sweet	advcl
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						great property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What should she still do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 do	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 do	advmod
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

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

Read it through once more to check

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Read	obj
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 more	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 more	advmod
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Read	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 check	mark
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 more	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	it					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient more=Topic
2	check	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Throw it away and start again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 start	cc
5	start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	conj
6	again	again	ADV	_	5 start	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	imperative	you not said here	it				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	start	infinitive	you not said here				again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Hand it in without looking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hand	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	1 Hand	compound:prt
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 looking	mark
5	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Hand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand in	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	look	gerund	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Add "sweet as" to every line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sweet	punct
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Add	parataxis
4	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 line	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 as	punct
6	to	to	ADP	_	4 as	fixed
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sweet	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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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