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Test 9 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

Mrs Reid, cool: «So you're the boy.» What is the best way to begin putting it right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, best way · What happens: be, begin, put · To what, where: boy, way

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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: Mrs Reid, cool: «So you're the boy.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cool	nsubj
2	Reid	Reid	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mrs	punct
4	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 cool	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 boy	punct
7	So	so	ADV	_	11 boy	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 boy	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 boy	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cool	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cool	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 cool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	you	the boy					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 way to begin putting it right?

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 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 begin	mark
7	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 begin	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 putting	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 putting	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	begin	to-infinitive	the best way not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	put	gerund	the best way not said here	way				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

Say it was only a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 joke	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 joke	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 joke	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	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 a	past	it	a joke					tree rules

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

Say sorry and offer to paint the porch and walk the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 offer	cc
4	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 paint	mark
6	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 offer	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 porch	det
8	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paint	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walk	cc
10	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walk	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	imperative	you not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	offer	infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
3	paint not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the porch					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent porch=Destination
4	walk	infinitive	you not said here	the dog					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Agent

Option 3

Run away again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	again	again	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here				again	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Say the older boys made him do it and he didn't want to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boys	det
3	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 boys	amod
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 want	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 want	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 want	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 want	advmod
13	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	13 want	xcomp

#	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	make	past	the older boys	him = he					tree rules
3	do	infinitive	him = he not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	not want	past · do-support	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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