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Test 1 · ★★ · Anger and fears

A boy in Ohio is angry because his sister got a bigger slice of cake. Which response is most likely to be listened to?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, sister, response · What happens: be, get, slice, listen · To what, where: bigger slice, cake

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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 Ohio is angry because his sister got a bigger slice of cake.

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	6 angry	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Ohio	case
4	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 got	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sister	nmod:poss
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 slice	det
12	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 slice	amod
13	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 cake	case
15	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slice	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a boy in Ohio					angry property	tree rules
2	get	past	boy's sister	a bigger slice of cake					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer slice=Stimulus
3	slice			cake					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

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: Which response is most likely to be listened to?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 likely	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 likely	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 listened	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 listened	aux:pass
8	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 likely	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 listened	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which response					likely property	tree rules
2	listen	to-infinitive · passive	which response not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»

The options

Option 1

Grabbing her plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grabbing	grab	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 plate	nmod:poss
3	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grabbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	gerund		her plate					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme

Option 2

Screaming at her across the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 her	case
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Screaming	obl
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Screaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	gerund				the table		at her = she	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"I think that's unfair. Could we cut it equally next time?"

Sentence 1: "I think that's unfair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 unfair	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unfair	cop
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 think	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present	I						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	that					unfair property	tree rules

Sentence 2: Could we cut it equally next time?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cut	obj
5	equally	equally	ADV	_	3 cut	advmod
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl:unmarked
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 cut	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	could	we	it			time	equally property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Slamming the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slamming	slam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slamming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	gerund		the door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

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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