Test 2 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

Why does the team need to know if you will miss practice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: need, know, miss · To what, where: practice

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 team	det
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 know	mark
7	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	xcomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 miss	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 miss	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 miss	aux
11	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 know	ccomp
12	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 miss	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present · do-support			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	miss a condition, not said to happen	future	you	practice	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer practice=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

The coach wants to give you a prize

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prize	det
8	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the coach						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	the coach not said here	a prize	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient prize=Theme

Option 2

It does not matter at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The coach plans the team around you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plans	nsubj
3	plans	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 team	det
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plans	obj
6	around	around	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 plans	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present	the coach	the team				around you	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Topic

Option 4

Practice will be cancelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cancelled	nsubj:pass
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cancelled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cancelled	aux:pass
4	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	future · passive		Practice					tree rules

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