Test 11 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games

died on this level like 20 times i'm SO mad, wanna smash the controller

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: die, be, smash · To what, where: level, controller

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video games» 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	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 level	case
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 level	det
4	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 died	obl
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 times	case
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mad	obl
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 mad	nsubj
9	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mad	cop
10	SO	so	ADV	_	11 mad	advmod
11	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 died	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 smash	punct
13	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	14 smash	dep
14	smash	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 died	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 controller	det
16	controller	controller	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 smash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past			this level			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	i			time	mad property	tree rules
3	smash	infinitive		the controller				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent controller=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

Shout at the screen and carry on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 screen	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 screen	det
4	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carry	cc
6	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	parataxis
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 carry	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here			the screen			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carry on	present							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Put it down, take a break and come back later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 Put	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
5	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 break	det
7	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	put down	imperative	you not said here	it		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	a break		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Theme
3	come back	infinitive	you not said here		late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Keep playing till you win, no matter how long it takes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 win	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 win	nsubj
5	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 playing	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 matter	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 takes	obl
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 takes	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 takes	nsubj
12	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 playing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	play	gerund	you not said here			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	win	present	you			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	take	present	it	no matter	long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Throw it on the sofa so it doesn't break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 sofa	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sofa	det
5	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 break	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 break	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 break	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 break	advmod
10	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it		the sofa			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme on sofa=Destination
2	not break	present · do-support	sofa						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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