Test 19 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

ppl in class say Ella's mum "spent 5 grand on game coins" and laugh. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ppl, mum · What happens: say, spend, laugh, spread · To what, where: 5 grand, game coins, grand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ppl	nmod
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Ella	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spent	nsubj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 mum	punct
9	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
10	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 grand	nummod
11	grand	grand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spent	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 coins	case
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coins	compound
14	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spent	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 spent	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 laugh	cc
17	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 spent	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
19	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 spread	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	ppl in class			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spend in a quote	past	Ella's mum	5 grand	on game coins goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent grand=Asset on coin=Goal
3	laugh	infinitive	Ella's mum not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	spread	infinitive	ppl in class not said here	grand		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it's a funny story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 story	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 story	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a funny story					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, post it in the class chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 post	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 chat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chat	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chat	compound
8	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 post	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it		the class chat			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's gossip that could be untrue and hurtful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 gossip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gossip	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gossip	cop
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 untrue	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 untrue	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 untrue	cop
9	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gossip	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hurtful	cc
11	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 untrue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	gossip		tree rules
2	is	could	gossip		untrue property	tree rules
3	be		gossip not said here			tree rules

Option 4

Yes, and ask Ella about it at lunch in front of everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ask	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 lunch	case
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 front	case
11	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 everyone	case
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Ella	lunch		about it; in front of everyone	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent ella=Recipient about it=Topic

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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