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Test 8 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

A friend says, «If you won't jump off the garage roof, you're chicken.» What is the smartest answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, smartest answer · What happens: say, not jump off, be · To what, where: garage roof, chicken · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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 friend says, «If you won't jump off the garage roof, you're chicken.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 jump	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 jump	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	10 jump	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 jump	nsubj
8	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 jump	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 jump	advmod
10	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
11	off	off	ADP	_	14 roof	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roof	det
13	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roof	compound
14	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jump	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 chicken	punct
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 chicken	nsubj
17	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 chicken	cop
18	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jump	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not jump off a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	future	you	the garage roof					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme roof=Trajectory
3	is a in a quote	present	you	chicken					tree rules

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 the smartest answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	smartest	smart	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the smartest answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Jump from halfway up instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 up	case
3	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	4 up	advmod
4	up	up	ADV	_	1 Jump	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here					instead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from up=Trajectory

Option 2

Ask him to jump first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 jump	mark
4	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	jump not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Jump, so he stops calling you names in front of everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stops	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 stops	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Jump	advcl
6	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stops	xcomp
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 calling	obj
8	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 calling	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calling	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 everyone	case
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present	he						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	call	gerund	he not said here	you		front of everyone			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme name=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

«No thanks, I'm not doing that», and change the subject

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 doing	punct
2	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 thanks	det
3	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 thanks	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 doing	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 doing	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 doing	advmod
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 change	csubj
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 doing	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 doing	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 change	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 change	cc
13	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 subject	det
15	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do in a quote	present · progressive	no thanks	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
2	change	imperative	you not said here	the subject					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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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