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Test 9 · ★ · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

Sam: «Grandad's old so he must know best?» Best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: know

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Sam: «Grandad's old so he must know best?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 old	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 old	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 old	punct
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 old	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Grandad	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 know	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 know	aux
10	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 old	advcl
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 know	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 old	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	must	Sam						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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: Best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

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

Grown-ups can be wrong; listen kindly, choose the safer way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wrong	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 listen	punct
8	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	parataxis
9	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	8 listen	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 choose	punct
11	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 listen	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 choose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	can	Grown ups					wrong property	tree rules
3	listen	infinitive						kindly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	choose	infinitive		the safer way					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme

Option 2

Old people are always wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wrong	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrong	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 wrong	advmod
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Old people					always, wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

Old people are always right about everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 right	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 right	advmod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 everything	case
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Old people					about everything; always, right property	tree rules

Option 4

Do what the oldest person in the family says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 says	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nmod
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the oldest person in the family						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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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