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Test 2 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

Two friends ran a race and Mia won, while Lily came last. What shows Lily is a good friend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two friends, Mia, Lily · What happens: run, win, come, show, be · To what, where: race, good friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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: Two friends ran a race and Mia won, while Lily came last.

nummodnsubjdetobjccnsubjconjpunctmarknsubjconjadvmodpunctrootTwoNUMfriendsNOUNranVERBaDETraceNOUNandCCONJMiaPROPNwonVERB,PUNCTwhileSCONJLilyPROPNcameVERBlastADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 friendsnummod
2friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur3 rannsubj
3ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 racedet
5raceraceNOUNNumber=Sing3 ranobj
6andandCCONJ_8 woncc
7MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing8 wonnsubj
8wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 ranconj
9,,PUNCT_12 camepunct
10whilewhileSCONJ_12 camemark
11LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing12 camensubj
12camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 ranconj
13lastlastADV_12 cameadvmod
14..PUNCT_3 ranpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1runpastTwo friendsa racevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory
2winpastMiavn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3comepastLilylast propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What shows Lily is a good friend?

nsubjnsubjcopdetamodccomppunctrootWhatPRONshowsVERBLilyPROPNisAUXaDETgoodADJfriendNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 showsnsubj
2showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing7 friendnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 friendcop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 frienddet
6goodgoodADJDegree=Pos7 friendamod
7friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing2 showsccomp
8??PUNCT_2 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is apresentLilya good friendtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She tells everyone the race was unfair

nsubjobjdetnsubjcopccomprootShePRONtellsVERBeveryonePRONtheDETraceNOUNwasAUXunfairADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 tellsnsubj
2tellstellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot2 tellsobj
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 racedet
5raceraceNOUNNumber=Sing7 unfairnsubj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 unfaircop
7unfairunfairADJDegree=Pos2 tellsccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpresentSheeveryonevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2ispastthe raceunfair propertytree rules

Option 2

She stops talking to Mia for the day

nsubjxcompcaseoblcasedetoblrootShePRONstopsVERBtalkingVERBtoADPMiaPROPNforADPtheDETdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 stopsnsubj
2stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3talkingtalkVERBVerbForm=Ger2 stopsxcomp
4totoADP_5 Miacase
5MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing3 talkingobl
6forforADP_8 daycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 daydet
8daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 talkingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresentShevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2talkgerundShe not said hereMiadayvn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mia=Co-Agent

Option 3

She says Mia started early, before the whistle went

nsubjnsubjccompadvmodpunctmarkdetnsubjconjrootShePRONsaysVERBMiaPROPNstartedVERBearlyADV,PUNCTbeforeSCONJtheDETwhistleNOUNwentVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing4 startednsubj
4startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 saysccomp
5earlyearlyADVDegree=Pos4 startedadvmod
6,,PUNCT_10 wentpunct
7beforebeforeSCONJ_10 wentmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 whistledet
9whistlewhistleNOUNNumber=Sing10 wentnsubj
10wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 saysconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentShevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2startpastMiaearly propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3gopastthe whistlevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She says «Well done, Mia!» and means it

nsubjpunctadvmodccomppunctobjpunctpunctccconjobjrootShePRONsaysVERB«PUNCTWellADVdoneVERB,PUNCTMiaPROPN!PUNCT»PUNCTandCCONJmeansVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3««PUNCT_5 donepunct
4WellwellADVDegree=Pos5 doneadvmod
5donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 saysccomp
6,,PUNCT_7 Miapunct
7MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing5 doneobj
8!!PUNCT_7 Miapunct
9»»PUNCT_5 donepunct
10andandCCONJ_11 meanscc
11meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 saysconj
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 meansobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: expresspresentShevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2do in a quoteparticipleMiawell propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mia=Eventuality
3meanpresentShe not said hereitvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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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