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Test 3 · Peeking at presents and secrets

little bro: «I heard Mum and Dad say we're moving and I'm scared». He was listening at the door. Best advice?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, we, Dad · What happens: hear, say, move, be, listen · To what, where: Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 356 «Peeking at presents and secrets» 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: little bro: «I heard Mum and Dad say we're moving and I'm scared».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bro	amod
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	vocative
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 heard	nsubj
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 say	parataxis
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Dad	cc
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mum	conj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 moving	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 moving	aux
13	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 say	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 scared	cc
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 scared	nsubj
16	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 scared	cop
17	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 moving	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 scared	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear in a quote	past	I	Mum and Dad					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present						little bro vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	move in a quote	present · progressive	we						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	is in a quote	present	I					scared property	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: He was listening at the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 listening	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 listening	aux
3	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listening	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 listening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past · progressive	Dad					at the door	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme

Sentence 3: Best advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 advice	amod
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 advice	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Tell the whole class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient

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

Ask Mum and Dad straight out what's happening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Dad	cc
4	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mum	conj
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 out	advmod
6	out	out	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happening	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 happening	aux
9	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Mum and Dad			out property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	happen	present · progressive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Pack your bag just in case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pack	pack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bag	nmod:poss
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pack	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 case	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 case	case
6	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack	imperative	you not said here	your bag		case			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme in case=Destination

Option 4

Listen at the door again tonight to find out more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 door	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Listen	obl
5	again	again	ADV	_	1 Listen	advmod
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Listen	obl:unmarked
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Listen	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 find	compound:prt
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	imperative	you not said here				again; tonight	at the door	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme
2	find out	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: 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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