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Test 9 · Peeking at presents and secrets

Mum's phone pings and you see half a message: «bad news about…». You want to read the rest. Best move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: see, want, read · To what, where: message, rest

This is test 9 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: Mum's phone pings and you see half a message: «bad news about…».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pings	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pings	compound
4	pings	ping	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 see	cc
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pings	acl:relcl
8	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	10 message	det:predet
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 news	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 news	punct
13	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 news	amod
14	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 message	appos
15	about	about	ADP	_	14 news	nmod
16	…	.	PUNCT	_	14 news	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 news	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	you	half message					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=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: You want to read the rest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 read	mark
4	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rest	det
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	You						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	read not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	the rest					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic

Sentence 3: 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

Tell your friends it's bad news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friends	nmod:poss
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 news	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 news	cop
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 news	amod
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your friends				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	is a	present	it	bad news					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ask Mum if everything is OK

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	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 OK	mark
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 OK	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 OK	cop
6	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Mum				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	everything					ok property	tree rules

Option 3

Read it later when she's asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Read	obj
3	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Read	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 asleep	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 asleep	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 asleep	cop
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Read	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	it				late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	present	she					asleep property	tree rules

Option 4

Unlock her phone and read it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unlock	unlock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 phone	nmod:poss
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unlock	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 read	cc
5	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Unlock	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	imperative	you not said here	her phone					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient
2	read	infinitive	you not said here	phone					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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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