Test 6 · ★★ · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep…

A boy hears his family planning a surprise party for his dad. At dinner, his dad asks, «Anything happening this weekend?» What is the kind answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, family, dad, kind answer · What happens: hear, plan, ask, happen, be · To what, where: family, surprise party, Anything, dinner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» 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 boy hears his family planning a surprise party for his dad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hears	nsubj
3	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 family	nmod:poss
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hears	obj
6	planning	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 family	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 party	compound
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 planning	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 dad	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dad	nmod:poss
12	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 planning	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a boy	boy's family					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus
2	plan	gerund	boy's family not said here	a surprise party				for boy's dad	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic

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: At dinner, his dad asks, «Anything happening this weekend?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 dinner	case
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 dinner	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Anything	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Anything	punct
9	Anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 asks	obj
10	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 Anything	acl
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 weekend	det
12	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 happening	obl:unmarked
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	boy's dad	Anything		dinner			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient
2	happen in a quote	gerund					weekend		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What is the kind 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	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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 kind answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Keep the surprise and talk about something else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 surprise	det
3	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 talk	cc
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 talk	obl
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 something	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the surprise					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Theme
2	talk	infinitive	you not said here					about something	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him all about the party

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	all	all	ADV	_	6 party	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 party	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he			about the party	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about party=Topic

Option 3

Say «I can't say, it's a secret party for you!»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 say	advmod
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 party	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 party	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 party	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 party	det
11	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 party	amod
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 party	nmod
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not say speech: assert in a quote	can	I			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	it	a secret party	for you	tree rules

Option 4

Laugh and point at the cupboard with the cake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 point	cc
3	point	point	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 cupboard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cupboard	det
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 cake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cake	det
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	point	infinitive	you not said here			the cupboard		with the cake	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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