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Test 8 · ★ · Holidays of the region

A boy gets a small present for Christmas and says, "Is that all?" What would have been better?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: get, say, be · To what, where: small present · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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: A boy gets a small present for Christmas and says, "Is that all?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 present	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 present	amod
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Christmas	case
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 present	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 all	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 all	punct
13	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 all	cop
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 all	mark
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 says	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 gets	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	a boy	a small present				for Christmas	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent present=Theme for christmas=Beneficiary
2	say speech: assert	present	a boy not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 would have been better?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 better	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 better	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 What	amod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would · perfect						good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Comparing it with his cousin's presents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comparing	compare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Comparing	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 presents	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presents	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cousin	case
7	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Comparing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	gerund		it				with his cousin's presents	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with present=Co-Patient

Option 2

Asking for the receipt to swap it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 receipt	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 receipt	det
4	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swap	mark
6	swap	swap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asking	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund						for the receipt	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swap not said to happen	to-infinitive		receipt					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Saying thank you, as gratitude matters more than how many gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 matters	csubj
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matters	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 matters	mark
6	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matters	nsubj
7	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 matters	advmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	12 gifts	case
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 many	advmod
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gifts	amod
12	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	matter	present	gratitude					than many gifts	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Saying nothing and leaving the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Saying	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 leaving	cc
4	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saying	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	leave	gerund		the room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=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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