Test 6 · ★ · Whose turn is it?
Ten kids at a party, Ollie: «I'm doing the story mode, it's only 2 hours». Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, mode · What happens: do, be · To what, where: story mode, 2 hours
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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: Ten kids at a party, Ollie: «I'm doing the story mode, it's only 2 hours».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kids | nummod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 party | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kids | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ollie | punct |
| 7 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 party | appos |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 doing | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 doing | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 doing | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 doing | aux |
| 12 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 kids | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mode | det |
| 14 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 mode | compound |
| 15 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 doing | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hours | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 hours | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 hours | cop |
| 19 | only | only | ADV | _ | 20 2 | advmod |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 hours | nummod |
| 21 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 doing | parataxis |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 21 hours | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kids | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | present · progressive | I | the story mode | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mode=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | mode | 2 hours | 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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Let him play while the rest go home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 go | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rest | det |
| 6 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | nsubj |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 play | advcl |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | the rest | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fine, we'll watch, it's his turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 turn | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 watch | punct |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 watch | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 watch | aux |
| 5 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Fine | parataxis |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 turn | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 turn | cop |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 turn | nmod:poss |
| 10 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | future | we | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | his Fine turn | tree rules |
Option 3
Let him play it but turn the sound off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 play | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 turn | cc |
| 6 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turn | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 turn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | him = he not said here | it | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | turn off | infinitive | you not said here | the sound | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Play something everyone can join
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Play | obj |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 join | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 join | aux |
| 5 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 something | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | something | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ||||
| 2 | join | can | everyone | 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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