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Test 8 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!» She's red and cross. Best thing for a friend to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gang, Maddie · What happens: chant, get, be, do · To what, where: boyfriend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	chanting	chant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Gang	acl
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
4	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	aux
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 chanting	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boyfriend	det
8	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chant	gerund	Gang not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	present · passive	Maddie	a boyfriend					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus

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: She's red and cross.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 red	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 red	cop
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cross	cc
5	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 red	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 red	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Maddie					red property	tree rules
2	be		Maddie not said here						tree rules

Sentence 3: Best thing for a friend to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 thing	amod
2	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thing	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Write it on the board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Write	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 board	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 board	det
5	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	it		the board			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on board=Destination

Option 2

Join in, it's only a bit of a laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	1 Join	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bit	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bit	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bit	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 bit	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 laugh	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 laugh	det
11	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here						vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	it	a bit				of a laugh	tree rules

Option 3

Tell the boy that she likes him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 likes	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 likes	nsubj
6	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the boy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2	like	present	she	boy					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stop teasing and change the subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 change	cc
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stop	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 subject	det
6	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	tease	gerund	you not said here						vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	change	infinitive	you not said here	the subject					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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