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Test 6 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games

Two children argue over whether a die that fell on the floor showed a six. What would have stopped the argument?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two children, die · What happens: argue, fall, show, stop · To what, where: floor, six, argument · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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: Two children argue over whether a die that fell on the floor showed a six.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 children	nummod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 argue	nsubj
3	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	SCONJ	_	13 showed	mark
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	13 showed	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 die	det
7	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 showed	nsubj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 die	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 floor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floor	det
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl
13	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 argue	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 six	det
15	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 showed	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 argue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present	Two children						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	past	a die			the floor			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location
3	show	past	a die	a six					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent six=Recipient

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 stopped the argument?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 stopped	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 stopped	aux
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 argument	det
6	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would · perfect		the argument					tree rules

The options

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

Rolling the die in a tray or box lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 die	det
3	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rolling	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tray	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tray	det
6	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rolling	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 lid	cc
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lid	compound
9	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tray	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund		the die		a tray or box lid			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent die=Theme in tray=Trajectory

Option 2

Playing without dice for the rest of the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 dice	case
3	dice	dice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 rest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rest	det
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund						without dice; for the rest of the day	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for rest=Eventuality

Option 3

Rolling the die more slowly in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 die	det
3	die	die	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rolling	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Rolling	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rolling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund		the die		the air		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent die=Theme in air=Trajectory

Option 4

Letting the oldest child decide every roll

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Letting	let	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 decide	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
3	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 child	amod
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Letting	obj
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 roll	det
7	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	gerund		the oldest child					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	decide	imperative	you not said here	every roll					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent roll=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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