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Test 2 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow

Mum's text: «Tom's mum says you weren't there. where were you. home NOW». What is the best thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text, you, best thing · What happens: say, not be, be, do · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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: Mum's text: «Tom's mum says you weren't there. where were you. home NOW».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 text	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mum	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Tom	case
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 there	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 there	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 there	advmod
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 says	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 where	punct
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 says	conj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 you	cop
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 where	nsubj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
19	home	home	ADV	_	9 says	advmod
20	NOW	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 says	advmod
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Mum's text				now	home property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is in a quote	past	you					there property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	past		you					tree rules

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 best thing to do?

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 thing	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the best thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stay out longer, she'll calm down after an hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Stay	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 calm	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calm	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 calm	aux
7	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stay	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 calm	compound:prt
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 hour	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hour	det
11	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calm	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay out	imperative	you not said here					long, out property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	calm down	future	she				hour		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Say Tom's mum is confused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Tom	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confused	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 confused	cop
6	confused	confused	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	Tom's mum					confused property	tree rules

Option 3

Switch the phone off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Switch	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Switch	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	imperative	you not said here	the phone					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Go home at once and tell the truth about the park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Go	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 park	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	the truth				about the park	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about park=Topic

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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