Test 4 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments
Which is the right way to show you enjoyed a school play?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, show, enjoy · To what, where: right way, school play · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 enjoyed | nsubj |
| 9 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 show | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 play | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 play | compound |
| 12 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enjoyed | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | enjoy | past | you | a school play | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer play=Stimulus |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shout during the actors' lines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | during | during | ADP | _ | 6 lines | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 actors | det |
| 4 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lines | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 actors | case |
| 6 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | during the actors's lines | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Clap at the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clap | clap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 end | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 end | det |
| 4 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Clap | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Talk through the quiet parts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 parts | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 parts | det |
| 4 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 parts | amod |
| 5 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | imperative | you not said here | the quiet parts | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Leave in the middle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 middle | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 middle | det |
| 4 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | in the middle result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in middle=Result |
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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