Test 8 · Our street against theirs
«if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane». Lily says?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, Lily · What happens: not join, say · To what, where: gang · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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: «if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 join | punct |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 join | mark |
| 3 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 join | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 join | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 join | advmod |
| 6 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gang | det |
| 8 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 join | obj |
| 9 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 Lane | nmod:poss |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 Lane | advmod |
| 11 | Mill | Mill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Lane | compound |
| 12 | Lane | Lane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gang | nmod |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 Lane | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 join | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not join in a quote | present · do-support | u | the gang ur's Mill Lane | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gang=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: Lily says?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lily | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
I'll move to Station Road then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 move | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | aux |
| 3 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Road | case |
| 5 | Station | Station | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Road | compound |
| 6 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 move | obl |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | future | I | Station Road | then | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to road=Result |
Option 2
Fine, I'll join for a bit and see what it's like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 join | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 join | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 join | aux |
| 5 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 bit | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 join | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 see | cc |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 join | conj |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 see | obj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 like | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 like | cop |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 what | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | future | I | for a bit | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | I not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
I'm Mill Lane and I'm not joining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 Lane | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Lane | cop |
| 3 | Mill | Mill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Lane | compound |
| 4 | Lane | Lane | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 joining | cc |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 joining | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 joining | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 joining | advmod |
| 9 | joining | join | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 Lane | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | I | Mill Lane | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not join | present · progressive | I | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
I'll ask my friend to join too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 ask | aux |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 join | mark |
| 7 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ask | xcomp |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 join | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | future | I | my friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | join not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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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