Test 9 · ★★ · Left out without a console
Zara's on the edge of the room watching, says nothing. «want a go?» — why does it matter?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: room, Zara, you · What happens: watch, say, want, matter · To what, where: nothing, go · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Left out without a 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: Zara's on the edge of the room watching, says nothing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zara | case |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 edge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 edge | det |
| 5 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Zara | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 room | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 room | det |
| 8 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 edge | nmod |
| 9 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 room | acl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Zara | punct |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 says | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | the room not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Zara on the edge of the room | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
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: «want a go?» — why does it matter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 go | det |
| 4 | go | go | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 want | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| 7 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 matter | punct |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 matter | advmod |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 matter | aux |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 matter | expl |
| 11 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | parataxis |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | imperative | you not said here | a go | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | matter | present · do-support | go | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
It's the rule that guests play first
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 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 play | obl |
| 6 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 play | nsubj |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rule | acl:relcl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the rule | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | present | guests | the rule | first property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She'll stop watching if she loses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 loses | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loses | nsubj |
| 7 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | future | She | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | watch | gerund | She not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | lose a condition, not said to happen | present | she | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Being invited means more than winning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 invited | aux:pass |
| 2 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | csubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 means | obj |
| 5 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 6 winning | mark |
| 6 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 more | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | gerund · passive | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING» | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | more | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic | |||||
| 3 | win | gerund | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She'll win and show everyone up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 win | aux |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 show | cc |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 win | conj |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 show | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 show | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | future | She | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | show up | infinitive | She not said here | everyone | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everyone=Theme |
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