Test 9 · ★ · Whose turn is it?
Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer». Mia's mum is right that…?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, I, mum · What happens: be, get · To what, where: guest
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Leo: «I'm the guest, so I get longer».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 guest | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leo | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 guest | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 guest | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 guest | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guest | det |
| 7 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 get | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 get | nsubj |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 guest | acl:relcl |
| 12 | longer | long | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 get | xcomp |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 longer | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 guest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Leo | the guest | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present | I | the guest not said here | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guest=Stimulus |
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: Mia's mum is right that…?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 right | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 … | mark |
| 7 | … | … | PUNCT | _ | 5 right | punct |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mia's mum | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Guests always get the longest turns, that's polite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 get | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 turns | det |
| 5 | longest | long | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 turns | amod |
| 6 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 polite | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 polite | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 polite | cop |
| 10 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Guests | the longest turns | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | present | that | polite property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only grown-ups can make turn rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | aux |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rules | compound |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | 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 | make | can | grown ups | turn rules | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |
Option 3
Hosts should never get a turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hosts | host | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 turn | det |
| 6 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | should | Hosts | a turn | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Guests can go first, but turns are equal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 equal | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 equal | cc |
| 7 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 equal | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 equal | cop |
| 9 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | Guests | first property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | turns | equal property | 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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