Test 1 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church
older lads: «go on, chuck it at her door, it'll be a laugh». What's the right answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: door, right answer · What happens: go on, chuck, be · To what, where: it, door, laugh
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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: older lads: «go on, chuck it at her door, it'll be a laugh».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 lads | amod |
| 2 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 lads | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 chuck | punct |
| 8 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 chuck | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 door | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 door | nmod:poss |
| 12 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chuck | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 laugh | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 laugh | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 laugh | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 laugh | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 laugh | det |
| 18 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | parataxis |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 laugh | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | chuck in a quote | infinitive | it | her door | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at door=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | future | door | a laugh | 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: What's the right answer?
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 answer | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | 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 right answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
OK but only a small one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 6 one | discourse |
| 2 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 one | cc |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 one | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 one | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 one | amod |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
OK if you go first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 4 go | discourse |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | you | first property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it could hurt her and her dog; I'm off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 hurt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hurt | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hurt | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 dog | cc |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dog | nmod:poss |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 her | conj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 off | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 off | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 off | cop |
| 13 | off | off | ADV | _ | 5 hurt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | could | it | her = she | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | I | off property | tree rules |
Option 4
OK, but only if she'll never know it was us
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 9 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 know | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 know | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 know | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 know | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 know | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 know | advmod |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 us | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 us | cop |
| 12 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | future | she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | us | 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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