Test 5 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

A boy wants to text his friend "You're so dumb lol". What should he think about first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, You · What happens: want, text, be, think · To what, where: friend

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» 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 wants to text his friend "You're so dumb lol".

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	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 text	mark
5	text	text	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 text	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 dumb	punct
9	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 dumb	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dumb	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 dumb	advmod
12	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 text	parataxis
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 dumb	discourse
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 dumb	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	a boy			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	text not said to happen	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	boy's friend		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	You		dumb property	tree rules

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 should he think about first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 think	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 think	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	should	boy						vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

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

Would he say it face to face? Messages can be saved and shared

Sentence 1: Would he say it face to face?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	obj
5	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 face	case
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 face	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	he	it					tree rules
2	face	infinitive	he not said here					to face	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: Messages can be saved and shared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saved	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 saved	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 saved	aux:pass
4	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shared	cc
6	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 saved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	can · passive		Messages					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	share	participle							tree rules

Option 2

Whether the friend will read it quickly before the teacher sees it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 read	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 read	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 read	aux
5	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 read	obj
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 read	advmod
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 sees	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sees	nsubj
11	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 read	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	future	the friend	it				quickly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	see	present	the teacher	friend					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Whether he has enough battery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	3 has	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 battery	amod
5	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	he	enough battery					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient

Option 4

Whether "lol" makes it funny enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 makes	mark
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 lol	punct
3	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 makes	discourse
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 lol	punct
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 makes	obj
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 makes	xcomp
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 funny	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		it				funny property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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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