Test 11 · ★★ · When you want what others have
«i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good». What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: say, thank, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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: «i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 thank | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Nan | case |
| 8 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 thank | obl |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 good | advmod |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 good | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 present | det |
| 12 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 good | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 present | case |
| 14 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thank | conj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 good | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | future | i | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | you | to Nan | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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: What's wrong with that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, only good presents count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 count | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 presents | advmod |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 presents | amod |
| 5 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 count | nsubj |
| 6 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | good presents | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Thanks is for her care, not the price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 care | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 care | cop |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 care | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 care | nmod:poss |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 price | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 price | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 price | det |
| 9 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 care | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Thanks | for her care; the price nmod | tree rules |
Option 3
Thank-yous are only for birthdays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thank | punct |
| 3 | yous | you | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 birthdays | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 birthdays | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 birthdays | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 birthdays | case |
| 7 | birthdays | birthday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Thank | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | yous | for birthdays | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nan won't notice either way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 notice | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 notice | advmod |
| 4 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 way | det |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 notice | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | future | Nan | either way | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
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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