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Test 5 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow

Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell». A boy keeps pushing him. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid, u, boy · What happens: be, say, fall, keep, push, do · To what, where: grass, boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Kid at break: «dont be a grass, say u fell».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grass	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 break	case
3	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 dont	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 dont	punct
6	dont	dont	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	conj
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 grass	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 grass	det
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 grass	parataxis
12	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 fell	nsubj
13	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 say	ccomp
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 fell	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	infinitive	Kid at break and dont	a grass					tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fall in a quote	past	u						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: A boy keeps pushing him.

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 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pushing	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a boy						tree rules
2	push	gerund	a boy not said here	boy					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Sentence 3: What should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	boy						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Say he fell, to keep the peace with everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peace	det
8	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 everyone	case
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 keep	obl

#	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 clause=Topic
2	fall	past	he						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	the peace				with everyone	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme

Option 2

Push the boy back harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
5	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push back	imperative	you not said here	the boy				hard property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

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

Tell his teacher what really happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 happens	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 happens	advmod
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		his teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Stay inside every playtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	inside	inside	ADP	_	4 playtime	case
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 playtime	det
4	playtime	playtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			every playtime			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside playtime=Location

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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