Test 9 · ★ · Just one more game
Mia, half a castle built, mum says bedtime. What's the smart move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, smart move · What happens: build, say, be · To what, where: castle, bedtime · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 417 «Just one more game» 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: Mia, half a castle built, mum says bedtime.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 3 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 5 castle | det:predet |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | appos |
| 6 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 castle | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 8 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | participle | half castle not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | bedtime | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bedtime=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: What's the smart 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 | smart | smart | 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 smart move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Leave it running so it saves itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Leave | xcomp |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 saves | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saves | nsubj |
| 6 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 saves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | save | present | it | itself = it | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme |
Option 2
Keep going until the castle is finished
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 finished | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 finished | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 finished | aux:pass |
| 7 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 going | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | finish | present · passive | the castle | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Ask a friend to finish it overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 finish | mark |
| 5 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 finish | obj |
| 7 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 5 finish | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | finish not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | friend | overnight property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Write what's next and switch off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 next | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 next | cop |
| 4 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 Write | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 switch | cc |
| 6 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | conj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 switch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | next property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | switch off | infinitive | you not said here | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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