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Test 5 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

You find a note «to Maddie» under a desk. It's folded and says «private». What's right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: find, fold, say, be · To what, where: note, desk, private · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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: You find a note «to Maddie» under a desk.

nsubjdetobjpunctcaseappospunctcasedetoblpunctrootYouPRONfindVERBaDETnoteNOUN«PUNCTtoADPMaddiePROPN»PUNCTunderADPaDETdeskNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 findnsubj
2findfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 notedet
4notenoteNOUNNumber=Sing2 findobj
5««PUNCT_7 Maddiepunct
6totoADP_7 Maddiecase
7MaddieMaddiePROPNNumber=Sing4 noteappos
8»»PUNCT_7 Maddiepunct
9underunderADP_11 deskcase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 deskdet
11deskdeskNOUNNumber=Sing2 findobl
12..PUNCT_2 findpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpresentYoua notea deskvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=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: It's folded and says «private».

nsubj:passaux:passccconjpunctobjpunctpunctrootItPRON'sAUXfoldedVERBandCCONJsaysVERB«PUNCTprivateADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 foldednsubj:pass
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 foldedaux:pass
3foldedfoldVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4andandCCONJ_5 sayscc
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 foldedconj
6««PUNCT_7 privatepunct
7privateprivateADJDegree=Pos5 saysobj
8»»PUNCT_7 privatepunct
9..PUNCT_3 foldedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1foldpresent · passivenotevn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2say speech: assertpresentprivatevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent private=Topic

Sentence 3: What's right?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Give it to Maddie and watch her face

iobjcaseoblccconjnmod:possobjrootGiveVERBitPRONtoADPMaddiePROPNandCCONJwatchVERBherPRONfaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GivegiveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Giveiobj
3totoADP_4 Maddiecase
4MaddieMaddiePROPNNumber=Sing1 Giveobl
5andandCCONJ_6 watchcc
6watchwatchVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Giveconj
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 facenmod:poss
8facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing6 watchobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1giveimperativeyou not said hereitMaddievn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to maddie=Recipient
2watchinfinitiveyou not said hereMaddie's facevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Give it back to whoever wrote it without reading it

iobjadvmodcaseoblacl:relclobjmarkadvclobjrootGiveVERBitPRONbackADVtoADPwhoeverPRONwroteVERBitPRONwithoutSCONJreadingVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GivegiveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Giveiobj
3backbackADV_1 Giveadvmod
4totoADP_5 whoevercase
5whoeverwhoeverPRONPronType=Rel1 Giveobl
6wrotewriteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 whoeveracl:relcl
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 wroteobj
8withoutwithoutSCONJ_9 readingmark
9readingreadVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Giveadvcl
10ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 readingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give backimperativeyou not said hereitwhoevervn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to whoever=Recipient
2writepastitvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3readgerundyou not said hereitvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Read it first to see if it's juicy, then give it back

objadvmodmarkadvclmarknsubjcopccomppunctadvmodconjobjadvmodrootReadVERBitPRONfirstADVtoPARTseeVERBifSCONJitPRON'sAUXjuicyADJ,PUNCTthenADVgiveVERBitPRONbackADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ReadreadVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Readobj
3firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord1 Readadvmod
4totoPART_5 seemark
5seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Readadvcl
6ififSCONJ_9 juicymark
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 juicynsubj
8'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 juicycop
9juicyjuicyADJDegree=Pos5 seeccomp
10,,PUNCT_12 givepunct
11thenthenADVPronType=Dem12 giveadvmod
12givegiveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Readconj
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 giveobj
14backbackADV_12 giveadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readimperativeyou not said hereitfirst propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2seeto-infinitiveyou not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3is a condition, not said to happenpresentitjuicy propertytree rules
4give backinfinitiveyou not said hereitthenvn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Pass it round the class

objcasedetoblrootPassVERBitPRONroundADPtheDETclassNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PasspassVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Passobj
3roundroundADP_5 classcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 classdet
5classclassNOUNNumber=Sing1 Passobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1passimperativeyou not said hereitround the classvn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=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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