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Test 7 · ★★★ · Showing off

Tom flicks his ruler at Lily's desk «for a laugh». You're sitting next to him. Best move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, You · What happens: flick, sit · To what, where: ruler, desk, Tom

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Tom flicks his ruler at Lily's desk «for a laugh».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flicks	nsubj
2	flicks	flick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ruler	nmod:poss
4	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flicks	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 desk	case
6	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 desk	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Lily	case
8	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flicks	obl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 laugh	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 laugh	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 laugh	det
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flicks	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 laugh	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flicks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick	present	Tom	Tom's ruler		Lily's desk			tree rules

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 sitting 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 sitting	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sitting	aux
3	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	next	next	ADV	_	3 sitting	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sitting	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sitting	punct

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

Sentence 3: Best move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 move	amod
2	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell him to stop before he hits someone

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 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 hits	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hits	nsubj
7	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	advcl
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 hits	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	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	hit	present	he	someone					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Co-Theme

Option 2

Laugh so he does it again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	4 does	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 does	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	he	it			again		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

Say nothing, it's not your business to tell 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	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 business	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 business	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 business	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 business	advmod
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 business	nmod:poss
8	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tell	mark
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 business	parataxis
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	not is a	present	it	your business					tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

Flick yours too, so you can join in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flick	flick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Flick	obj
3	too	too	ADV	_	1 Flick	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 join	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 join	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 join	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 join	aux
8	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Flick	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 join	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick	imperative	you not said here	yours					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Theme
2	join in	can	you						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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