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Test 1 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate. Which response is clear but calm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, response · What happens: have, take, be · To what, where: pencil case

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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 girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate.

detnsubjcasenmodnmod:posscompoundobjacldetobl:unmarkedcasedetoblpunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPTorontoPROPNhasVERBherPRONpencilNOUNcaseNOUNtakenVERBeveryDETdayNOUNbyADPaDETclassmateNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 hasnsubj
3ininADP_4 Torontocase
4TorontoTorontoPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 casenmod:poss
7pencilpencilNOUNNumber=Sing8 casecompound
8casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing5 hasobj
9takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 caseacl
10everyeveryDETPronType=Tot11 daydet
11daydayNOUNNumber=Sing9 takenobl:unmarked
12bybyADP_14 classmatecase
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 classmatedet
14classmateclassmateNOUNNumber=Sing9 takenobl
15..PUNCT_5 haspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresenta girl in Torontogirl's pencil casevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient
2takeparticiplegirl's pencil case not said heredayby a classmatevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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: Which response is clear but calm?

detnsubjcopccconjpunctrootWhichDETresponseNOUNisAUXclearADJbutCCONJcalmADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 responsedet
2responseresponseNOUNNumber=Sing4 clearnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 clearcop
4clearclearADJDegree=Posrootroot
5butbutCCONJ_6 calmcc
6calmcalmADJDegree=Pos4 clearconj
7??PUNCT_4 clearpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwhich responseclear propertytree rules
2bewhich response not said heretree rules

The options

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

Saying «Stop, that's mine» and telling the teacher

punctobjpunctnsubjcopparataxispunctccconjdetobjrootSayingVERB«PUNCTStopVERB,PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXminePRON»PUNCTandCCONJtellingVERBtheDETteacherNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2««PUNCT_3 Stoppunct
3StopstopVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Sayingobj
4,,PUNCT_7 minepunct
5thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 minensubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 minecop
7minemyPRONNumber=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 Stopparataxis
8»»PUNCT_3 Stoppunct
9andandCCONJ_10 tellingcc
10tellingtellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Sayingconj
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 teacherdet
12teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing10 tellingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertgerundvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2stop in a quoteinfinitivevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3is a in a quotepresentthatminetree rules
4tell speech: assertgerundthe teachervn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Grabbing it back hard and pushing him away from her desk

objadvmodadvmodccconjobjadvmodcasenmod:possoblrootGrabbingVERBitPRONbackADVhardADVandCCONJpushingVERBhimPRONawayADVfromADPherPRONdeskNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrabbinggrabVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Grabbingobj
3backbackADV_1 Grabbingadvmod
4hardhardADVDegree=Pos1 Grabbingadvmod
5andandCCONJ_6 pushingcc
6pushingpushVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Grabbingconj
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 pushingobj
8awayawayADV_6 pushingadvmod
9fromfromADP_11 deskcase
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 desknmod:poss
11deskdeskNOUNNumber=Sing8 awayobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grab backgerundithard propertyvn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2pushgerundhim = heaway propertyvn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

Crying and saying nothing

ccconjobjrootCryingVERBandCCONJsayingVERBnothingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2andandCCONJ_3 sayingcc
3sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Cryingconj
4nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg3 sayingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expressgerundvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assertgerundnothingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4

Taking his bag in return

nmod:possobjcaseoblrootTakingVERBhisPRONbagNOUNinADPreturnNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TakingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 bagnmod:poss
3bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing1 Takingobj
4ininADP_5 returncase
5returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing1 Takingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takegerundhis bagreturnvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bag=Value in return=Location

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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