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Test 8 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up

Your uncle took you to the zoo and gave you a toy. Which shows real thanks?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle · What happens: take, give, show · To what, where: you, zoo, toy, real thanks

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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: Your uncle took you to the zoo and gave you a toy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 took	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 zoo	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 zoo	det
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 took	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 toy	det
12	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Your uncle	you		the zoo			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to zoo=Destination
2	give	past	Your uncle not said here	a toy	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient toy=Theme

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 shows real thanks?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thanks	amod
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 shows	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present		real thanks					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thanks=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Asking for another toy next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 toy	case
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund					time	for another toy	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Thanking him only for the toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanking	thank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Thanking	obj
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 toy	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 toy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thanking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	gerund			him = he			for the toy	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for toy=Attribute

Option 3

Saying nothing, as he is family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Saying	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 family	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 family	case
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 family	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 family	cop
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	is	present	he					as family	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Saying thank you and sending him a little card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sending	cc
5	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saying	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sending	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 card	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 card	amod
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	send	gerund		a little card	him = he				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination card=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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