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Test 9 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

A five-year-old tells you «Knock knock!» for the tenth time today. Why is playing along still a good thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: year old · What happens: tell, knock, play along · To what, where: you, knock, good thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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 five-year-old tells you «Knock knock!» for the tenth time today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 old	det
2	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 year	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 five	punct
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 year	punct
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tells	nsubj
7	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 tells	iobj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Knock	punct
10	Knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tells	xcomp
11	knock	knock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Knock	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 Knock	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Knock	punct
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 time	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 time	det
16	tenth	tenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 time	amod
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Knock	obl
18	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Knock	obl:unmarked
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	a year old		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
2	knock not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	a year old not said here	knock			time; today		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent knock=Patient

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: Why is playing along still a good thing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 playing	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 playing	aux
3	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 playing	advmod
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 thing	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 playing	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 playing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play along	present · progressive		a good thing				along property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

It will stop him ever telling jokes again, so it is worth it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stop	obj
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 telling	advmod
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
7	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 telling	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 telling	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 worth	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 worth	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 worth	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 worth	cop
13	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stop	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	future	It	him = he					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund		jokes			ever; again		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient
3	is	present	it					worth property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It builds your friendship and helps him learn language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 builds	nsubj
2	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friendship	nmod:poss
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 builds	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 helps	cc
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 builds	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 helps	obj
8	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helps	xcomp
9	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	It	your friendship					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material friendship=Product
2	help	present		him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	learn	infinitive	him = he not said here	language					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Topic

Option 3

Only clever jokes help children learn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 jokes	advmod
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jokes	amod
3	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	obj
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	clever jokes	children					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	learn	infinitive	children not said here						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It makes the joke funnier for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	funnier	funny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 adults	case
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 funnier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the joke				funny property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material joke=Product

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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