Test 10 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

just ate a sandwich, mum says wait an hour b4 swimming. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: eat, say, wait · To what, where: sandwich, b4 swimming · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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	just	just	ADV	_	2 ate	advmod
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sandwich	det
4	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
8	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wait	obl:unmarked
11	b4	b4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 swimming	nummod
12	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wait	obl:unmarked
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wait	punct
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wait	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	eat	past		a sandwich		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wait	infinitive		b4 swimming	hour	vn exist-47.1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, or you'll get a cramp n sink straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 sink	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 n	det
8	cramp	cramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 n	compound
9	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
10	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	10 sink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	future	you	a cramp n					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer n=Stimulus
2	sink	present						away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Wait two hours to be totally safe, an hour isn't enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 hours	nummod
3	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wait	obl:unmarked
4	to	to	PART	_	7 safe	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 safe	cop
6	totally	totally	ADV	_	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 enough	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enough	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 enough	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 enough	advmod
13	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 safe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	hour		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here		safe, totally property	tree rules
3	not is	present	a hour		enough property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, exactly sixty minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 minutes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 sixty	advmod
4	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 minutes	nummod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, a snack is fine, just not when very full or tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 snack	det
4	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fine	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 full	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 full	advmod
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 full	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 full	advmod
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 full	advmod
12	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fine	parataxis
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 tired	cc
14	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 full	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a snack					fine property	tree rules

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