Test 11 · Walking away «just ignore him» — mate says. Lily ignored the tugging boy. What stops it for good if ignoring fails?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Lily, ignoring · What happens: ignore, say, tug, stop, fail · To what, where: him, tugging boy, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: «just ignore him» — mate says.
punct advmod ccomp obj punct punct nsubj punct root « PUNCT just ADV ignore VERB him PRON » PUNCT — PUNCT mate NOUN says VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 ignore punct 2 just just ADV _ 3 ignore advmod 3 ignore ignore VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 says ccomp 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ignore obj 5 » » PUNCT _ 3 ignore punct 6 — - PUNCT _ 8 says punct 7 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ignore in a quote infinitive him = he vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme 2 say speech: assert present mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
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: Lily ignored the tugging boy.
nsubj det amod obj punct root Lily PROPN ignored VERB the DET tugging VERB boy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 2 ignored nsubj 2 ignored ignore VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 boy det 4 tugging tug VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 boy amod 5 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 2 ignored obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 ignored punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ignore past Lily the tugging boy vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme 2 tug gerund vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
Sentence 3: What stops it for good if ignoring fails?
nsubj obj case obl mark csubj advcl punct root What PRON stops VERB it PRON for ADP good ADJ if SCONJ ignoring VERB fails VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 stops nsubj 2 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 stops obj 4 for for ADP _ 5 good case 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 stops obl 6 if if SCONJ _ 8 fails mark 7 ignoring ignore VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 fails csubj 8 fails fail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 stops advcl 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 stops punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present it for good vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality 2 ignore gerund vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 fail a condition, not said to happen present ignoring vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Giving him a sweet to share
iobj det obj mark advcl root Giving VERB him PRON a DET sweet NOUN to PART share VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Giving iobj 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 sweet det 4 sweet sweet NOUN Number=Sing 1 Giving obj 5 to to PART _ 6 share mark 6 share share VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Giving advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give gerund a sweet him = he vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sweet=Theme 2 share to-infinitive tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Telling a grown-up
det amod punct obj root Telling VERB a DET grown VERB - PUNCT up NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 up det 3 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 up amod 4 - - PUNCT _ 5 up punct 5 up up NOUN Number=Sing 1 Telling obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund a grown up vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient 2 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Ignoring him for another year
obj case det obl root Ignoring VERB him PRON for ADP another DET year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ignoring ignore VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Ignoring obj 3 for for ADP _ 5 year case 4 another another DET PronType=Ind 5 year det 5 year year NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ignoring obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ignore gerund him = he year vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
Option 4 Moving to a new school
case det amod obl root Moving VERB to ADP a DET new ADJ school NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Moving move VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 to to ADP _ 5 school case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 school det 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 school amod 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 1 Moving obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move gerund a new school vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to school=Trajectory
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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