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Test 1 · ★★ · Borrowing without asking

Cousin's mum on the phone: «Has anyone seen Jack's red truck?» It's in Noah's bag. What should Noah do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, truck, Noah · What happens: see, be, do · To what, where: red truck, bag

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 339 «Borrowing without asking» 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: Cousin's mum on the phone: «Has anyone seen Jack's red truck?»

nmod:posscasensubjcasedetnmodpunctpunctauxobjnmod:posscaseamodobjpunctpunctrootCousinNOUN'sPARTmumNOUNonADPtheDETphoneNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTHasAUXanyonePRONseenVERBJackPROPN'sPARTredADJtruckNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing3 mumnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Cousincase
3mummumNOUNNumber=Sing11 seennsubj
4ononADP_6 phonecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 phonedet
6phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing3 mumnmod
7::PUNCT_9 Haspunct
8««PUNCT_9 Haspunct
9HashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 seenaux
10anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind9 Hasobj
11seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
12JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing15 trucknmod:poss
13's'sPART_12 Jackcase
14redredADJDegree=Pos15 truckamod
15trucktruckNOUNNumber=Sing11 seenobj
16??PUNCT_11 seenpunct
17»»PUNCT_11 seenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1see in a quotepresent · perfectCousin's mum on the phoneJack's red truckvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer truck=Stimulus

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: It's in Noah's bag.

nsubjcopcasenmod:posscasepunctrootItPRON'sAUXinADPNoahPROPN'sPARTbagNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 bagnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 bagcop
3ininADP_6 bagcase
4NoahNoahPROPNNumber=Sing6 bagnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Noahcase
6bagbagNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 bagpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttruckNoah's bagtree rules

Sentence 3: What should Noah do?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXNoahPROPNdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3NoahNoahPROPNNumber=Sing4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldNoahvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Leave it in their garden at night secretly

objcasenmod:possoblcaseobladvmodrootLeaveVERBitPRONinADPtheirPRONgardenNOUNatADPnightNOUNsecretlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeaveleaveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Leaveobj
3ininADP_5 gardencase
4theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 gardennmod:poss
5gardengardenNOUNNumber=Sing1 Leaveobl
6atatADP_7 nightcase
7nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing1 Leaveobl
8secretlysecretlyADV_1 Leaveadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leaveimperativeyou not said hereittheir gardennightsecretly propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in garden=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Say nothing and keep it hidden in his room

objccconjobjxcompcasenmod:possoblrootSayVERBnothingPRONandCCONJkeepVERBitPRONhiddenVERBinADPhisPRONroomNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg1 Sayobj
3andandCCONJ_4 keepcc
4keepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Sayconj
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 keepobj
6hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 keepxcomp
7ininADP_9 roomcase
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 roomnmod:poss
9roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing6 hiddenobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herenothingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2keepinfinitiveyou not said hereittree rules
3hideparticiplehis roomvn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location

Option 3

Say Jack must have lost it outside himself

nsubjauxauxccompobjadvmodoblrootSayVERBJackPROPNmustAUXhaveAUXlostVERBitPRONoutsideADVhimselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing5 lostnsubj
3mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin5 lostaux
4havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf5 lostaux
5lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part1 Sayccomp
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 lostobj
7outsideoutsideADV_5 lostadvmod
8himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes5 lostobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2losemust · perfectJackitJack obl; outside propertyvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Give it back and say sorry himself

iobjadvmodccconjxcompoblrootGiveVERBitPRONbackADVandCCONJsayVERBsorryADJhimselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GivegiveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Giveiobj
3backbackADV_1 Giveadvmod
4andandCCONJ_5 saycc
5saysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Giveconj
6sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos5 sayxcomp
7himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes6 sorryobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give backimperativeyou not said hereitvn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2say speech: apologizeinfinitiveyou not said heresorry propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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