Test 9 · ★★ · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer Ollie, rough: "Edit? Nah mate, it's done, I ain't checking nowt." ("Nowt" means nothing.) Why is he wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nowt · What happens: do, not check, mean, be · To what, where: mate, nowt, nothing
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Ollie, rough: "Edit?
nsubj punct punct punct obl punct root Ollie PROPN , PUNCT rough ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT Edit NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN Number=Sing 3 rough nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Ollie punct 3 rough rough ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 6 Edit punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Edit punct 6 Edit edit NOUN Number=Sing 3 rough obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 rough punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Nah mate, it's done, I ain't checking nowt."
discourse vocative punct nsubj:pass aux punct nsubj conj advmod xcomp obj punct punct root Nah INTJ mate NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX done VERB , PUNCT I PRON ai AUX n't PART checking VERB nowt NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nah nah INTJ _ 6 done discourse 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nah vocative 3 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nah punct 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 done nsubj:pass 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 done aux 6 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 ai punct 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 ai nsubj 9 ai be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 done conj 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 checking advmod 11 checking check VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 ai xcomp 12 nowt nowt NOUN Number=Sing 11 checking obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 done punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 6 done punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · passive mate vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 not check gerund nowt vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nowt=Theme
Sentence 3: ("Nowt" means nothing.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Nowt NOUN " PUNCT means VERB nothing PRON . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Nowt punct 3 Nowt nowt NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Nowt punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 means obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Nowt nothing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Sentence 4: Why is he wrong?
advmod cop nsubj punct root Why ADV is AUX he PRON wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 wrong advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wrong cop 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 wrong nsubj 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present nowt wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Editing always makes a story much worse
csubj advmod det obj advmod xcomp root Editing VERB always ADV makes VERB a DET story NOUN much ADV worse ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Editing edit VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 makes csubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 1 Editing advmod 3 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 makes obj 6 much much ADV _ 7 worse advmod 7 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 edit gerund always property tree rules 2 make present Editing a story bad property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product
Option 2 Checking is only needed in spelling tests
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case compound obl root Checking VERB is AUX only ADV needed VERB in ADP spelling NOUN tests NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Checking check VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 needed nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 needed aux:pass 3 only only ADV _ 4 needed advmod 4 needed need VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 tests case 6 spelling spelling NOUN Number=Sing 7 tests compound 7 tests test NOUN Number=Plur 4 needed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check gerund vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 need present · passive spelling tests vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Editing catches mistakes and makes it better
nsubj obj cc conj obj xcomp root Editing VERB catches VERB mistakes NOUN and CCONJ makes VERB it PRON better ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Editing edit VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 catches nsubj 2 catches catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 mistakes mistake NOUN Number=Plur 2 catches obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 makes cc 5 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 catches conj 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 makes obj 7 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 edit gerund tree rules 2 catch present mistakes vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme 3 make present it good property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
Option 4 Only teachers are ever allowed to edit
advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod mark xcomp root Only ADV teachers NOUN are AUX ever ADV allowed VERB to PART edit VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 teachers advmod 2 teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 5 allowed nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 allowed aux:pass 4 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 5 allowed advmod 5 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to PART _ 7 edit mark 7 edit edit VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 allowed xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 allow present · passive teachers ever vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 edit not said to happen to-infinitive teachers not said here tree rules
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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