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Test 5 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

A girl says «Thanks!» when praised for her drawing, then spends the afternoon saying how much better it is than her friends'. What happened?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, drawing, Thanks · What happens: say, praise, spend, be, draw, happen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» 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 girl says «Thanks!» when praised for her drawing, then spends the afternoon saying how much better it is than her friends'.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Thanks	punct
5	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Thanks	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Thanks	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 praised	advmod
9	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 drawing	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 drawing	nmod:poss
12	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 praised	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 spends	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 spends	advmod
15	spends	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 afternoon	det
17	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spends	obj
18	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 spends	advcl
19	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 much	advmod
20	much	much	ADV	_	21 better	advmod
21	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 saying	ccomp
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 friends	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 friends	cop
24	than	than	ADP	_	26 friends	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 friends	nmod:poss
26	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 spends	parataxis
27	'	'	PUNCT	_	26 friends	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a girl						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	praise	participle	a girl not said here					for Thanks's drawing	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for drawing=Attribute
3	spend	present	a girl not said here				then; afternoon		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	gerund	a girl not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	drawing					than Thanks's friends	tree rules
6	draw		Thanks						nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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 happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

She was right to keep reminding them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	csubj
6	reminding	remind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reminding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					right property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive							tree rules
3	remind speech: other	gerund			them = they				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 2

Her friends will enjoy hearing it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friends	nmod:poss
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enjoy	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enjoy	aux
4	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 enjoy	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	future	Her friends						vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hear	gerund	Her friends not said here	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Boasting spoiled the good feeling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 spoiled	nsubj
2	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoiled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	gerund							vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spoil	past		the good feeling					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Saying thanks was the mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 mistake	csubj
2	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 Saying	obj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mistake	det
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		thanks					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic
2	is a	past	Saying	the mistake					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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