Test 10 · ★★★ · Showing off
Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» Which is the wisest guess?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: d'you, boy · What happens: reckon, keep, show off, be · To what, where: park, wisest guess
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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: Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 reckon | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 reckon | punct |
| 4 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 reckon | advmod |
| 5 | d'you | d'you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 reckon | nsubj |
| 6 | reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Gran | parataxis |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 keeps | mark |
| 8 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 keeps | nsubj |
| 9 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reckon | advcl |
| 10 | showing | show | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 keeps | xcomp |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 showing | compound:prt |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 park | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 park | det |
| 14 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 showing | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon in a quote | present | d'you | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | present | boy | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | show off in a quote | gerund | boy not said here | the park | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Which is the wisest guess?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 guess | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 guess | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guess | det |
| 4 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 guess | amod |
| 5 | guess | guess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 guess | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wisest guess | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He wants to be noticed and liked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 noticed | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 noticed | aux:pass |
| 5 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 liked | cc |
| 7 | liked | like | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 noticed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | notice not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | He not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING» | |||||
| 3 | like | participle | He not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
He likes being hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 likes | nsubj |
| 2 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 hurt | aux:pass |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 likes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hurt not said to happen | gerund · passive | He not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 3
He is trying to get into trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 trying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 trying | aux |
| 3 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 trying | xcomp |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 trouble | case |
| 7 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present · progressive | He | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | trouble | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination |
Option 4
He wants to be left alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 left | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | He not said here | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |
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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