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Test 6 · Walking away

Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. Her friend says «just smack him». What's wiser?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: yank, say, smack, be · To what, where: ponytail, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ponytail	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	ponytail	ponytail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yanked	nsubj
4	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 yanked	aux:pass
5	yanked	yank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	AGAIN	again	ADV	_	5 yanked	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 yanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yank	present · passive		Lily's ponytail			again		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

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: Her friend says «just smack him».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 smack	punct
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 smack	advmod
6	smack	smack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 smack	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 smack	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	ponytail's friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	smack in a quote	infinitive		friend					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Sentence 3: What's wiser?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wiser	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wiser	cop
3	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wiser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Smack him hard so he learns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smack	smack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Smack	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Smack	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 learns	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Smack	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smack	imperative	you not said here	him = he				hard property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	learn	present	he						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Pull his hair back twice as hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hair	nmod:poss
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Pull	advmod
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 hard	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pull	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull back	imperative	you not said here	his hair				hard, twice property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme

Option 3

Cut her hair short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hair	nmod:poss
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obj
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cut	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here	her hair				short property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Walk away and tell the duty teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
6	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	compound
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		the duty teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=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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