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Test 10 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers

«gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. Why bother?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gg, kid · What happens: say, gloat · To what, where: kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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: «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	gg	gg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 kid	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kid	det
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 gloated	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 gloated	advmod
11	gloated	gloat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kid	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gloated	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	gg		the kid				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to kid=Recipient
2	gloat	past	the kid					at Ruby	vn marvel-31.3 «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: Why bother?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	bother	bother	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Why	nsubj
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's the rule in every game ever made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rule	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rule	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 game	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rule	nmod
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 made	advmod
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rule	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the rule		every game			tree rules
2	make	participle		the rule not said here			ever		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

It makes the gloater feel even better about winning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gloater	det
4	gloater	gloater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 better	advmod
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 feel	xcomp
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 winning	mark
9	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 better	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the gloater					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	the gloater not said here					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	win	gerund	the gloater not said here						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Good manners spread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 manners	amod
2	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 spread	nsubj
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	Good manners						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It means she secretly wants a rematch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 wants	advmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rematch	det
7	rematch	rematch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	present	she	a rematch				secretly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rematch=Theme

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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