Test 19 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm
kids are saying the new girl "talks weird" cos of her accent and want to copy her voice at lunch. should u join in
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, new girl, u, girl · What happens: say, talk, want, copy, join in, accent · To what, where: weird cos, voice, lunch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» 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 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saying | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | aux |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 girl | amod |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 talks | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 girl | punct |
| 8 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 9 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cos | amod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 weird | punct |
| 11 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 talks | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 accent | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 accent | nmod:poss |
| 14 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cos | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 want | cc |
| 16 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 copy | mark |
| 18 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 want | xcomp |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 voice | nmod:poss |
| 20 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 copy | obj |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 lunch | case |
| 22 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 copy | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 join | punct |
| 24 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 join | aux |
| 25 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 join | nsubj |
| 26 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saying | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 join | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | kids | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | talk in a quote | present | the new girl | weird cos of girl's accent | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cos=Patient | ||||
| 3 | want | present | kids not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | copy not said to happen | to-infinitive | kids not said here | girl's voice | lunch | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent voice=Theme at lunch=Destination | |||
| 5 | join in | should | u | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | accent | girl | nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, if she can't hear you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 hear | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 hear | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hear | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hear | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 hear | advmod |
| 7 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | can | she | you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, accents are meant to be copied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 meant | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | accents | accent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 meant | aux:pass |
| 5 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 copied | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 copied | aux:pass |
| 8 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 meant | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · passive | accents | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | copy not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, mocking an accent is unkind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 mocking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 unkind | csubj |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 accent | det |
| 5 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mocking | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 unkind | cop |
| 7 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | gerund | a accent | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | mocking | unkind property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, it's just a bit of fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 bit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bit | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bit | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 bit | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fun | case |
| 9 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a bit | of fun | tree rules |
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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