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Test 8 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

A little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe. What will most likely help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, monster · What happens: be, live · To what, where: wardrobe

This is test 8 · ★ 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 little brother is sure a monster lives in his wardrobe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 brother	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sure	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	cop
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 monster	det
7	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lives	nsubj
8	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 wardrobe	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wardrobe	nmod:poss
11	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lives	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a little brother					sure property	tree rules
2	live	present	a monster			monster's wardrobe			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wardrobe=Location

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 will most likely help?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 help	amod
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Locking the wardrobe so the monster cannot get out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locking	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 get	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wardrobe	det
3	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Locking	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 monster	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monster	det
6	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Locking	obl
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	gerund		the wardrobe				so the monster	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wardrobe=Patient
2	not get out	can	Locking					out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Telling him to stop being a baby and just go to sleep now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 baby	csubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Telling	xcomp
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 baby	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 baby	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 baby	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sleep	mark
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 go	xcomp
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is a	gerund	Telling	a baby					tree rules
4	go	infinitive	Telling not said here						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	sleep	to-infinitive	Telling not said here				now		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Telling him the monster only comes out at midnight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 comes	csubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monster	det
4	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 comes	advmod
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 comes	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 midnight	case
9	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		the monster	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient monster=Topic
2	come out	present	Telling				midnight		vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Opening it together with a torch to show it is empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 empty	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Opening	obj
3	together	together	ADV	_	1 Opening	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 torch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 torch	det
6	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Opening	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 show	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 empty	cop
11	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund		it				with a torch; together property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with torch=Instrument
2	show	to-infinitive		torch					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
3	is	present	Opening					empty property	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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