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Test 6 · Taking care of your things and money

An advert says a toy is "the best toy in the world". What is the wisest way to think about this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: advert, toy, wisest way · What happens: say, be, think · To what, where: best toy, world · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 37 «Taking care of your things and money» 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: An advert says a toy is "the best toy in the world".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 advert	det
2	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 toy	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 toy	cop
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 toy	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 toy	det
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 toy	amod
10	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 toy	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 toy	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a advert						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	a toy	the best toy		the world			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 is the wisest way to think about this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 think	mark
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 this	case
9	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 think	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wisest way						tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	the wisest way not said here					about this	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about this=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Every child already owns this toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owns	nsubj
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 owns	advmod
4	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present	every child	this toy					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot toy=Theme

Option 2

It means the toy is free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 free	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 free	cop
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the toy					free property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Adverts are trying to sell, so think before wanting it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sell	mark
5	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 think	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 think	advmod
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	parataxis
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 wanting	mark
10	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 think	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	Adverts						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	Adverts not said here						vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	infinitive							vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	want	gerund		it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 4

It must be true or they could not say it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 say	advmod
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					true property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	could	they	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: 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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