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Test 5 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales

Jake's dad: «A real man never grasses». Jake's getting shoved about by older lads. Best choice for Jake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, older lads · What happens: not grass, shove about

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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: Jake's dad: «A real man never grasses».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jake	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grasses	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 grasses	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 grasses	punct
6	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grasses	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 grasses	advmod
10	grasses	grass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 grasses	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 grasses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grass in a quote	present	Jake's dad						vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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: Jake's getting shoved about by older lads.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shoved	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jake	case
3	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 shoved	aux:pass
4	shoved	shove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 shoved	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 lads	case
7	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 lads	amod
8	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shoved	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shoved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove about	gerund · passive	older lads					about property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Best choice for Jake?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 choice	amod
2	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Jake	case
4	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 choice	nmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 choice	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a teacher and let adults sort it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 let	obj
7	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	adults					tree rules
3	sort	infinitive	adults not said here	teacher					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Bring a weapon to scare them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 weapon	det
3	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 scare	mark
5	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Bring	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	a weapon					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme
2	scare	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3

Stay home from school forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			school		forever, home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Fight all of them by himself after school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Fight	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 all	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 himself	case
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Fight	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	imperative	you not said here	all			after school	by himself = he	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Co-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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