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Test 6 · Jake and the head teacher

Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone». What does Jake learn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, Jake · What happens: be, learn

This is test 6 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone».

nmod:posscasepunctcasecompoundconjpunctpunctnsubjcopdet:predetdetnmod:posscasensubjparataxispunctpunctrootJakePROPN'sPARTdadNOUN,PUNCTafterADPschoolNOUNcallsNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXhalfDETaDETdayNOUN'sPARTwagesNOUNgoneADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing3 dadnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Jakecase
3daddadNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 callspunct
5afterafterADP_7 callscase
6schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing7 callscompound
7callscallNOUNNumber=Plur3 dadconj
8::PUNCT_17 gonepunct
9««PUNCT_17 gonepunct
10thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem17 gonensubj
11'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 gonecop
12halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind16 wagesdet:predet
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 daydet
14daydayNOUNNumber=Sing16 wagesnmod:poss
15's'sPART_14 daycase
16wageswageNOUNNumber=Plur17 gonensubj
17gonegoneADJDegree=Pos3 dadparataxis
18»»PUNCT_17 gonepunct
19..PUNCT_3 dadpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentthatgone propertytree 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 does Jake learn?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXJakePROPNlearnVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 learnobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 learnaux
3JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing4 learnnsubj
4learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 learnpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnpresent · do-supportJakevn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His dad is just in a bad mood about something at work

nmod:possnsubjcopadvmodcasedetamodcasenmodcasenmodrootHisPRONdadNOUNisAUXjustADVinADPaDETbadADJmoodNOUNaboutADPsomethingPRONatADPworkNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 dadnmod:poss
2daddadNOUNNumber=Sing8 moodnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 moodcop
4justjustADV_8 moodadvmod
5ininADP_8 moodcase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 mooddet
7badbadADJDegree=Pos8 moodamod
8moodmoodNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9aboutaboutADP_10 somethingcase
10somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind8 moodnmod
11atatADP_12 workcase
12workworkNOUNNumber=Sing10 somethingnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHis dada bad moodabout somethingtree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His choices cost his family too

nmod:possnsubjnmod:possobjadvmodrootHisPRONchoicesNOUNcostVERBhisPRONfamilyNOUNtooADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 choicesnmod:poss
2choiceschoiceNOUNNumber=Plur3 costnsubj
3costcostVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 familynmod:poss
5familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing3 costobj
6tootooADV_3 costadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1costpastHis choiceshis familyvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme family=Value

Option 3

School should pay his dad

nsubjauxnmod:possobjrootSchoolNOUNshouldAUXpayVERBhisPRONdadNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SchoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing3 paynsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 payaux
3paypayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 dadnmod:poss
5daddadNOUNNumber=Sing3 payobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1payshouldSchoolSchool's dadvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Asset

Option 4

Work doesn't matter

nsubjauxadvmodrootWorkNOUNdoesAUXn'tPARTmatterVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WorkworkNOUNNumber=Sing4 matternsubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 matteraux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 matteradvmod
4mattermatterVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not matterpresent · do-supportWorkvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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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