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Test 2 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school

In a group of four in Toronto, Sam always speaks first and the others stay quiet. What gives the best result?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, others · What happens: speak, stay, give · To what, where: group, best result · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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: In a group of four in Toronto, Sam always speaks first and the others stay quiet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 group	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 group	det
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 speaks	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 four	case
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 group	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Toronto	case
7	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 four	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 group	punct
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 speaks	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 speaks	advmod
11	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 speaks	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stay	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 others	det
15	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 stay	nsubj
16	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 speaks	conj
17	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 stay	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	Sam			a group of four in Toronto		always, first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	the others					quiet property	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.

Sentence 2: What gives the best result?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 result	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 result	amod
5	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present		the best result					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme

The options

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

Everyone takes a turn so every idea is heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 turn	det
4	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 heard	advmod
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 idea	det
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux:pass
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 takes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Everyone	a turn					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
2	hear	present · passive		every idea					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

Sam does all the deciding because he is fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 deciding	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deciding	det
5	deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 does	obl
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 fast	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fast	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fast	cop
9	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 does	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Sam						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	decide	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Sam					fast property	tree rules

Option 3

The group splits up and works alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 splits	nsubj
3	splits	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 splits	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 works	cc
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 splits	conj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 works	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split up	present	the group						vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	work	present	the group not said here					alone property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The quiet ones write down Sam's ideas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ones	det
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ones	amod
3	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 write	nsubj
4	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 write	compound:prt
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ideas	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Sam	case
8	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 write	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	present	the quiet ones	Sam's ideas					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme

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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