Test 3 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play
Your little sister asks why the Moon changes shape and you don't know. What is a good answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, Moon, you · What happens: ask, change, not know, be · To what, where: shape, good answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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: Your little sister asks why the Moon changes shape and you don't know.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 changes | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 changes | nsubj |
| 8 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 changes | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 know | cc |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 know | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 know | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 know | advmod |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 changes | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Your little sister | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | change | present | the Moon | shape | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not know | present · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 is a good answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«I'll make something up for you»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 make | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up in a quote | future | I | something | for you | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Pivot |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
«Let's look it up together»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 2 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Let | obj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 look | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 look | compound:prt |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 look | advmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | imperative | you not said here | 's | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look up in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | it | together property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |
Option 3
«Questions like that are silly»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 silly | punct |
| 2 | Questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 silly | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 that | case |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Questions | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 silly | cop |
| 6 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 silly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Questions like that | silly property | tree rules |
Option 4
«Nobody knows, so stop asking»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 knows | punct |
| 2 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 knows | nsubj |
| 3 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 knows | ccomp |
| 7 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 knows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | present | Nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask in a quote | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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