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Test 6 · ★ · Helping in the kitchen, bathroom privacy, screen time, pla…

In a race at school, a boy could cut across the grass instead of going round the cones. Nobody would see. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, Nobody · What happens: cut, go, see, be · To what, where: race, cones

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 321 «Helping in the kitchen, bathroom privacy, screen time, playing fair and growing at your own speed» 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: In a race at school, a boy could cut across the grass instead of going round the cones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 race	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 race	det
3	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	obl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 school	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 race	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 race	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 cut	aux
10	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 grass	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 grass	det
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	obl
14	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 going	mark
15	of	of	ADP	_	14 instead	fixed
16	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 cut	advcl
17	round	round	ADP	_	19 cones	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cones	det
19	cones	cone	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 going	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	could	a boy			a race at school		across the grass	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across grass=Location
2	go	gerund	a boy not said here			the cones			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round cone=Initial_Location

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: Nobody would see.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 see	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	would	Nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 3: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Cut across, but only for half the race

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	across	across	ADV	_	1 Cut	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 race	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 race	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 race	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 race	case
7	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	9 race	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 race	det
9	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here					for half race; across property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for race=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Run the course properly, because winning by cheating is not real winning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obj
4	properly	properly	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 winning	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 winning	mark
7	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 winning	csubj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 cheating	case
9	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 winning	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 winning	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 winning	advmod
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 winning	amod
13	winning	winning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here	the course				properly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme course=Trajectory
2	win	gerund						by cheating	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	present	winning	real winning					tree rules

Option 3

Stop running so nobody can win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 win	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 win	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 win	aux
6	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 running	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	run	gerund	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	win	can	nobody						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Cut across the grass, because nobody would see and the cones are silly anyway

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	across	across	ADP	_	4 grass	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grass	det
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 see	mark
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 see	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Cut	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 silly	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cones	det
12	cones	cone	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 silly	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 silly	cop
14	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cut	conj
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here			the grass		anyway property	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across grass=Location
2	see	would	nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	the cones					silly property	tree rules

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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