Test 1 · ★★ · Promises to friends and to yourself
«said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine». What's the wise choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, show, Lily, my, wise choice · What happens: say, wait, be, show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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: «said i'd wait for Lily but my show's on, she'll be fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 wait | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wait | aux |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Lily | case |
| 7 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wait | obl |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 on | cc |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 show | nmod:poss |
| 10 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 on | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 on | cop |
| 12 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 wait | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fine | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 fine | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 fine | cop |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 said | ccomp |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | wait in a quote | would | i | for Lily | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | my show | on property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | future | Lily | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | show in a quote | my | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 the wise choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wait for her as promised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 promised | mark |
| 5 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for her = she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | participle | you not said here | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Tell her to run home fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 run | mark |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 run | advmod |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | run not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | fast, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Run home and text her from there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 text | cc |
| 4 | text | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | conj |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 text | iobj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 there | case |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 text | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | text | past | you not said here | her = she | tree rules |
Option 4
Leave her a note at the gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 note | det |
| 4 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 7 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | her = she | the gate | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme note=Attribute |
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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