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Test 6 · ★★ · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

Nan in Cork: "Ah, that story's grand, a stór, but the ending's a bit weak." ("Grand" means fine; "a stór" is Irish for my darling.) What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ending, Grand, stór, you · What happens: be, mean, do

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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: Nan in Cork: "Ah, that story's grand, a stór, but the ending's a bit weak."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 grand	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Cork	case
3	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Nan	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 grand	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 grand	punct
6	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	11 grand	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Ah	punct
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grand	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 story	case
11	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stór	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stór	det
14	stór	stór	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grand	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 weak	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 weak	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ending	det
18	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 weak	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 weak	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 bit	det
21	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 weak	obl:unmarked
22	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grand	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 grand	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 grand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the ending					a bit obl:unmarked; weak property	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: ("Grand" means fine; "a stór" is Irish for my darling.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Grand	punct
3	Grand	Grand	PROPN	_	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Grand	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 Irish	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 stór	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stór	det
10	stór	stór	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Irish	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 stór	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 Irish	cop
13	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 darling	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 darling	nmod:poss
16	darling	darling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Irish	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Grand					fine property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a stór					for my darling; irish property	tree rules

Sentence 3: What should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ignore what she said, every single word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 said	obj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ignore	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 word	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Keep what works and improve the ending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 works	nsubj
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	ccomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 improve	cc
5	improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ending	det
7	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 improve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	work	present							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	improve	infinitive	you not said here	the ending					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ending=Patient

Option 3

Change everything, including the start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Change	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 start	punct
4	including	including	ADP	_	6 start	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 start	det
6	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Change	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	everything					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient

Option 4

Throw away the whole story and give up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	imperative	you not said here	the whole story				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme
2	give up	infinitive	you not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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