Test 1 · Walking away
«he said go on hit me, so I did, it's his fault innit». Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, I, it, that · What happens: say, go on, hit, do, be · To what, where: me, fault innit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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: «he said go on hit me, so I did, it's his fault innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | xcomp |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 hit | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 did | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 did | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 did | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 innit | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 innit | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 innit | cop |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 innit | nmod:poss |
| 16 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 innit | compound |
| 17 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 did | parataxis |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 innit | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | hit in a quote | infinitive | me | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | |||||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | it | his fault innit | 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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only if he is bigger than you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 bigger | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 bigger | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bigger | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bigger | cop |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 bigger | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | than you; big property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, he asked for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 asked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | he | for it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, if he says it twice then it's his own fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 says | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 says | obj |
| 7 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 says | advmod |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 fault | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fault | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fault | cop |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fault | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 fault | amod |
| 13 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | he | it | twice property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | is a | present | it | his own fault | then | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, nobody has to hit just because they are told to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hit | mark |
| 6 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 has | xcomp |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 told | advmod |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 told | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 told | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 told | aux:pass |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 hit | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | nobody | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hit | to-infinitive | nobody not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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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