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Test 3 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

A new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day. What would help him most?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new boy · What happens: stand, help · To what, where: break, boy

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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 new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stands	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Wellington	case
5	Wellington	Wellington	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 boy	nmod
6	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 stands	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 break	case
9	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stands	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 day	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 day	nmod:poss
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stands	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	a new boy in Wellington			break	day	alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at break=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 would help him most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 help	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would			boy				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Tell him your name and invite him to join your game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 invite	cc
6	invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 invite	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 join	mark
9	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 invite	xcomp
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 game	nmod:poss
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your name	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=Topic
2	invite	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	your game					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient
4	name		your						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Tell him new pupils must wait a week to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pupils	amod
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wait	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	aux
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 week	det
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	obl:unmarked
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wait	must	new pupils				week		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	play	to-infinitive	new pupils not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Watch from a distance to see if he finds some friends by himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 distance	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 distance	det
4	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Watch	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Watch	advcl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 finds	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 finds	nsubj
9	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	ccomp
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 friends	det
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 finds	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 himself	case
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 finds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	imperative	you not said here					from a distance	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	find a condition, not said to happen	present	he	some friends				by himself = he	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic

Option 4

Ask him why his family moved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 moved	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 family	nmod:poss
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moved	nsubj
6	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	move	past	his family						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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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