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Test 1 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes

Ben crams all his times tables on Sunday night, and Ava practises ten minutes a day all week. Who will probably remember them longer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, Ava · What happens: cram, practise, remember · To what, where: times tables, tables

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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: Ben crams all his times tables on Sunday night, and Ava practises ten minutes a day all week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 crams	nsubj
2	crams	cram	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 tables	det:predet
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tables	nmod:poss
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tables	compound
6	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crams	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 night	compound
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tables	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 practises	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 practises	cc
12	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 practises	nsubj
13	practises	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 crams	conj
14	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 minutes	nummod
15	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 practises	obj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 practises	obl:unmarked
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 week	det
19	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 practises	obl:unmarked
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crams	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cram	present	Ben	Ben's times tables			on Sunday night		vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Topic
2	practise	present	Ava				day; minute; week		tree rules

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: Who will probably remember them longer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 remember	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remember	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 remember	advmod
4	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remember	obj
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 remember	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	future		tables = table				long, probably property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ava, because spread-out practice lasts longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lasts	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lasts	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 lasts	mark
4	spread	spread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 out	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 spread	punct
6	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	compound
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lasts	nsubj
8	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 lasts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	present	Ava					long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Both the same, as the time spent on the tables is similar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	3 same	cc:preconj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 same	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 similar	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 similar	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 similar	nsubj
8	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 time	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 tables	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tables	det
11	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spent	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 similar	cop
13	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 same	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle		the time not said here				on the tables goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on table=Goal
2	is	present	the time					similar property	tree rules

Option 3

Ben, because he learned them most recently of the two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 learned	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ben	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 learned	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learned	nsubj
5	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learned	obj
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 recently	advmod
8	recently	recently	ADV	_	5 learned	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 two	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 two	det
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 recently	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	Ben	them = they				recently property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 4

Ben, because one long session goes deeper into the brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 goes	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 goes	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 goes	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 session	nummod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 session	amod
6	session	session	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	deeper	deep	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 goes	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 brain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 brain	det
11	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Ben			the brain		deep property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into brain=Initial_Location

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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