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Test 9 · ★ · Debating and discussion

The teacher says, "Summarise both sides." Toby lists only his own side. What did he forget?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Toby · What happens: say, summarise, list, forget · To what, where: sides, own side · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» 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: The teacher says, "Summarise both sides."

detnsubjpunctpunctccompdetobjpunctpunctrootTheDETteacherNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSummariseVERBbothDETsidesNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 teacherdet
2teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 Summarisepunct
5""PUNCT_6 Summarisepunct
6SummarisesummariseVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saysccomp
7bothbothDETPronType=Tot8 sidesdet
8sidessideNOUNNumber=Plur6 Summariseobj
9..PUNCT_6 Summarisepunct
10""PUNCT_6 Summarisepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentthe teachervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2summarise in a quoteinfinitiveboth sidestree 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: Toby lists only his own side.

nsubjadvmodnmod:possamodoblpunctrootTobyPROPNlistsVERBonlyADVhisPRONownADJsideNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TobyTobyPROPNNumber=Sing2 listsnsubj
2listslistVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onlyonlyADV_6 sideadvmod
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 sidenmod:poss
5ownownADJDegree=Pos6 sideamod
6sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing2 listsobl
7..PUNCT_2 listspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1listpresentTobyToby's own sidetree rules

Sentence 3: What did he forget?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdidAUXhePRONforgetVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 forgetobj
2diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 forgetaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 forgetnsubj
4forgetforgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 forgetpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgetpast · do-supportTobytree rules

The options

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

The other side's main points

detamodnmod:posscaseamodrootTheDETotherADJsideNOUN'sPARTmainADJpointsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 sidedet
2otherotherADJDegree=Pos3 sideamod
3sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing6 pointsnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 sidecase
5mainmainADJDegree=Pos6 pointsamod
6pointspointNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pointthe other sidenom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

His own side's best point

nmod:possamodnmod:posscaseamodrootHisPRONownADJsideNOUN'sPARTbestADJpointNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 sidenmod:poss
2ownownADJDegree=Pos3 sideamod
3sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing6 pointnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 sidecase
5bestgoodADJDegree=Sup6 pointamod
6pointpointNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pointHis own sidenom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To shout at the end

markcasedetoblrootToPARTshoutVERBatADPtheDETendNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 shoutmark
2shoutshoutVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_5 endcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 enddet
5endendNOUNNumber=Sing2 shoutobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shout speech: expressto-infinitiveat the endvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The name of the debate

detcasedetnmodrootTheDETnameNOUNofADPtheDETdebateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 namedet
2namenameNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3ofofADP_5 debatecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 debatedet
5debatedebateNOUNNumber=Sing2 namenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1namethe debatenom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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