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Test 1 · ★ · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

«my grandad says just deck him, sorted». Is it sorted?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad · What happens: say, deck, sort · To what, where: grandad, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» 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: «my grandad says just deck him, sorted».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 grandad	nmod:poss
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 deck	advmod
6	deck	deck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 deck	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sorted	punct
9	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 sorted	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my grandad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	deck in a quote	infinitive	my grandad not said here		grandad				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination
3	sort in a quote	past							vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: 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: Is it sorted?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sorted	aux:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sorted	nsubj:pass
3	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	present · passive		it					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1

Only if you're bigger than him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 bigger	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 bigger	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bigger	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bigger	cop
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					than him = he; big property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if your grandad says so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 grandad	nmod:poss
5	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	6 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	your grandad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, one good punch ends every fight for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 ends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 punch	nummod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 punch	amod
5	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	nsubj
6	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 fight	det
8	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 ends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	one good punch	every fight					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fight=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, hitting back usually makes it bigger and longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 hitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 makes	csubj
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 hitting	advmod
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 makes	advmod
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 makes	obj
8	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bigger	cc
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit back	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present	hitting	it				big, long, usually property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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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