Test 7 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…
At a sleepover, an older cousin brings a can of beer and says, «Just try it.» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older cousin, best answer · What happens: bring, say, try, be · To what, where: beer, sleepover · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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: At a sleepover, an older cousin brings a can of beer and says, «Just try it.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 sleepover | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sleepover | det |
| 3 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brings | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sleepover | punct |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cousin | det |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 cousin | amod |
| 7 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brings | nsubj |
| 8 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 beer | det |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 beer | aux |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 beer | case |
| 12 | beer | beer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brings | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 says | cc |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brings | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 try | punct |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 try | punct |
| 17 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 18 try | advmod |
| 18 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 says | ccomp |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 try | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 brings | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 brings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present | a older cousin | a beer | a sleepover | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent beer=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a older cousin not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | try in a quote | infinitive | beer | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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 best 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 | best | good | 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 best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«OK, but only a sip»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 sip | punct |
| 2 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 7 sip | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sip | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 sip | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 sip | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sip | det |
| 7 | sip | sip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 sip | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
«No thanks», and go and do something else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanks | punct |
| 2 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 thanks | det |
| 3 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanks | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 go | cc |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 thanks | parataxis |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 do | cc |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | conj |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 do | obj |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 something | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
Option 3
«Later, when the adults are asleep»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 asleep | punct |
| 2 | Later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 asleep | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 asleep | punct |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 asleep | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 adults | det |
| 6 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 asleep | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 asleep | cop |
| 8 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 asleep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the adults | asleep, late property | tree rules |
Option 4
«Only if you try it first»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 try | punct |
| 2 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 try | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 try | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 try | nsubj |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 try | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 try | advmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 try | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try in a quote | present | you | it | first property | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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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