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Test 3 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

A boy in Kent thinks his teacher marked his answer wrong by mistake. What is the best way to say so?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, teacher, best way · What happens: think, mark, answer, be, say · To what, where: answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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 boy in Kent thinks his teacher marked his answer wrong by mistake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thinks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Kent	case
4	Kent	Kent	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 teacher	nmod:poss
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marked	nsubj
8	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thinks	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 answer	nmod:poss
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marked	obj
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 marked	xcomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 mistake	case
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marked	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	a boy in Kent						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mark	past	boy's teacher	boy's answer				by mistake; wrong property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent answer=Theme by mistake=Destination
3	answer		boy						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=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: What is the best way to say so?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	so	so	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the best way not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Shout that the teacher is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 wrong	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the teacher					wrong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell his parents to complain at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parents	nmod:poss
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 complain	mark
5	complain	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 complain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		his parents				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic
2	complain speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Politely ask and show the teacher his reasoning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Politely	politely	ADV	_	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 show	cc
4	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 ask	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	obj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 reasoning	nmod:poss
8	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show	infinitive	you not said here	teacher's reasoning	the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient reasoning=Topic
3	reason		teacher						nom reasoning «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Just accept it and stay angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 accept	advmod
2	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accept	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stay	cc
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 accept	conj
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	imperative	you not said here	it					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	stay	infinitive	you not said here					angry property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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