Test 8 · Mia gets the newest console
Gran: «which way up does this thing go, love?» What's the wise move?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, wise move · What happens: go, be
This is test 8 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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: «which way up does this thing go, love?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 does | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 does | punct |
| 4 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 does | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 7 does | advmod |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | aux |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 thing | det |
| 9 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | nsubj |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 love | punct |
| 12 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | vocative |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present · do-support | Gran | love vocative | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What's the wise move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 move | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Laugh and take it off her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 take | cc |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | conj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | obl |
| # | 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 | take | infinitive | you not said here | it | off her = she | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme off she=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Give her the unplugged controller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 controller | det |
| 4 | unplugged | unplugged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 controller | amod |
| 5 | controller | controller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the unplugged controller | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient controller=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Show her patiently, everyone starts upside down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | iobj |
| 3 | patiently | patiently | ADV | _ | 1 Show | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 starts | punct |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 starts | nsubj |
| 6 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Show | parataxis |
| 7 | upside | upside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 starts | obj |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 starts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | her = she | patiently property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||
| 2 | start down | present | everyone | upside | down property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upside=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her it's only for kids, not grans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kids | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kids | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 kids | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 kids | case |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 grans | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 grans | advmod |
| 10 | grans | gran | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 kids | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | kids and grans | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kid=Topic | |||
| 2 | is | present | it | for kids and grans | tree rules |
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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