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Test 8 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

A man in a queue says he must sit down because of a heart problem. What is the right response?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, right response · What happens: say, sit down, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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 man in a queue says he must sit down because of a heart problem.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 queue	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 queue	det
5	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sit	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sit	aux
9	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 sit	compound:prt
11	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	15 problem	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 because	fixed
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 problem	det
14	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 problem	compound
15	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sit	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a man in a queue						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sit down	must	man					because a heart problem	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 is the right response?

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 response	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	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 right response						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell him to prove he is ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prove	mark
4	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ill	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ill	cop
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prove	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	prove not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he					ill property	tree rules

Option 2

Say everyone in the queue is tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 tired	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 queue	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queue	det
5	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 everyone	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tired	cop
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	everyone					tired property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Believe him and help him find a seat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 help	cc
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Believe	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 help	obj
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seat	det
8	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	help	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	find	infinitive	him = he not said here	a seat					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Topic

Option 4

Ignore him, because he looks healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 looks	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 looks	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ignore	parataxis
7	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	look	present	he					healthy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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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