Test 7 · ★★ · When you want what others have
mate forgot his lunch, you've got loads of chips. other mate says «don't, he'll just do it again». Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you, other mate · What happens: forget, get, say, not do, do · To what, where: lunch, loads · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: mate forgot his lunch, you've got loads of chips. other mate says «don't, he'll just do it again».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lunch | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 forgot | parataxis |
| 9 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 got | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 chips | case |
| 11 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 loads | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 forgot | punct |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 mate | amod |
| 14 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 says | nsubj |
| 15 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 forgot | parataxis |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 do | punct |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 says | ccomp |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 do | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 do | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 do | nsubj |
| 21 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 do | aux |
| 22 | just | just | ADV | _ | 23 do | advmod |
| 23 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 do | conj |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 do | obj |
| 25 | again | again | ADV | _ | 23 do | advmod |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 do | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 forgot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | mate | mate's lunch | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present · perfect | you | loads of chips | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | other mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | not do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | do in a quote | future | mate | lunch | again | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Eat them all in front of him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Eat | obj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 front | case |
| 5 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Eat | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | them = they | front of him | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
Throw the rest away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rest | det |
| 3 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | imperative | you not said here | the rest | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |
Option 3
Sell him some at double price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sell | iobj |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Sell | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 price | case |
| 5 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 price | amod |
| 6 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | imperative | you not said here | some | him = he | double price | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient some=Theme at price=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Share some today; he's hungry now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 some | nmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 hungry | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hungry | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hungry | cop |
| 7 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Share | parataxis |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Share | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | some | now | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | he | hungry property | tree rules |
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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