Test 18 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes

apparently if u fail the SATs u can't go to secondary school, my cousin said. probably just a rumour?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, SATs, cousin · What happens: fail, not go, say · To what, where: secondary school, rumour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 fail	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 fail	mark
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 fail	nsubj
4	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 SATs	det
6	SATs	Sat	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 go	nsubj
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fail	ccomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 school	case
12	secondary	secondary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 school	amod
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fail	punct
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cousin	nmod:poss
16	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
19	probably	probably	ADV	_	22 rumour	advmod
20	just	just	ADV	_	22 rumour	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 rumour	det
22	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fail a condition, not said to happen	present	u			apparently property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not go	can	the SATs		secondary school		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location
3	say speech: assert	past	my cousin	a rumour			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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

No, you repeat the whole year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 repeat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 repeat	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 repeat	nsubj
4	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repeat	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	present	you				year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes; one test doesn't decide your future

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 decide	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 test	nummod
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 decide	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 decide	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 decide	advmod
7	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 future	nmod:poss
9	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 decide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not decide	present · do-support	one test	your future					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent future=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, it's the rule in every school in the country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rule	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rule	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rule	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rule	det
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 school	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 school	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 country	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the rule		every school		in the country	tree rules

Option 4

No, you have to change school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 change	mark
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	xcomp
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	you						tree rules
2	change	to-infinitive	you not said here	school					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=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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