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Test 6 · How to say stop

Sam says «stop» but his voice wobbles. You're standing next to him. Most useful thing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, voice, You · What happens: say, stop, wobble, stand · To what, where: Sam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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: Sam says «stop» but his voice wobbles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 wobbles	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 voice	nmod:poss
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wobbles	nsubj
9	wobbles	wobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Sam						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop in a quote	infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	wobble	present	Sam's voice						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: You're standing next to him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 standing	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 standing	aux
3	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	next	next	ADV	_	3 standing	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 standing	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 standing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present · progressive	You		Sam			next property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Most useful thing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 thing	amod
2	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thing	amod
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 thing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Say «stop» with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	stop in a quote	infinitive	you not said here					with him = he	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location

Option 2

Laugh at his wobbly voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 voice	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 voice	nmod:poss
4	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 voice	amod
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here			his wobbly voice			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Tell him to hit the boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hit	mark
4	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hit not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the boy					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boy=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Walk away quickly without a word

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	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 word	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	imperative	you not said here					without a word; away, quickly property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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