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Test 1 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing

A girl in Vermont sits in the front row but still cannot read the board. What is the likely next step?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, likely next step · What happens: sit, not read, be · To what, where: front row, board

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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 Vermont sits in the front row but still cannot read the board.

detnsubjcasenmodcasedetamodoblccadvmodauxadvmodconjdetobjpunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPVermontPROPNsitsVERBinADPtheDETfrontADJrowNOUNbutCCONJstillADVcanAUXnotPARTreadVERBtheDETboardNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 sitsnsubj
3ininADP_4 Vermontcase
4VermontVermontPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5sitssitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ininADP_9 rowcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 rowdet
8frontfrontADJDegree=Pos9 rowamod
9rowrowNOUNNumber=Sing5 sitsobl
10butbutCCONJ_14 readcc
11stillstillADV_14 readadvmod
12cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin14 readaux
13notnotPARTPolarity=Neg14 readadvmod
14readreadVERBVerbForm=Inf5 sitsconj
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 boarddet
16boardboardNOUNNumber=Sing14 readobj
17..PUNCT_5 sitspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpresenta girl in Vermontthe front rowvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location
2not readcana girl in Vermont not said herethe boardstillvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Topic

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 likely next step?

copdetamodamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETlikelyADJnextADJstepNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 stepdet
4likelylikelyADJDegree=Pos6 stepamod
5nextnextADJDegree=Pos6 stepamod
6stepstepNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
7??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe likely next steptree rules

The options

Option 1

Moving to a different school with bigger whiteboards

casedetamodoblcaseamodoblrootMovingVERBtoADPaDETdifferentADJschoolNOUNwithADPbiggerADJwhiteboardsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MovingmoveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2totoADP_5 schoolcase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 schooldet
4differentdifferentADJDegree=Pos5 schoolamod
5schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing1 Movingobl
6withwithADP_8 whiteboardscase
7biggerbigADJDegree=Cmp8 whiteboardsamod
8whiteboardswhiteboardNOUNNumber=Plur1 Movingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1movegerunda different schoolwith bigger whiteboardsvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to school=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Telling her parents and having an eye test

nmod:possobjccconjdetcompoundobjrootTellingVERBherPRONparentsNOUNandCCONJhavingVERBanDETeyeNOUNtestNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TellingtellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 parentsnmod:poss
3parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur1 Tellingobj
4andandCCONJ_5 havingcc
5havinghaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Tellingconj
6anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 testdet
7eyeeyeNOUNNumber=Sing8 testcompound
8testtestNOUNNumber=Sing5 havingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertgerundher parentsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2havegerunda eye testvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Patient

Option 3

Sitting even closer each week

advmodadvmoddetobl:unmarkedrootSittingVERBevenADVcloserADVeachDETweekNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SittingsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2evenevenADV_3 closeradvmod
3closercloseADVDegree=Cmp1 Sittingadvmod
4eacheachDETPronType=Tot5 weekdet
5weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing1 Sittingobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitgerundweekclose propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Giving up reading

compound:prtobjrootGivingVERBupADPreadingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GivinggiveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2upupADP_1 Givingcompound:prt
3readingreadingNOUNNumber=Sing1 Givingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give upgerundreadingvn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Source

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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