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Test 7 · ★ · Homework first?

Mia's game says the pyramids were built in a week by giant robots. What should she do for her project?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: game, giant robots · What happens: say, build, do, project · To what, where: pyramids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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's game says the pyramids were built in a week by giant robots.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 game	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pyramids	det
6	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 built	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 built	aux:pass
8	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 week	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 built	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 robots	case
13	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 robots	amod
14	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 built	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia's game						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	build	past · passive	giant robots	the pyramids			week		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

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 should she do for her project?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 project	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 project	nmod:poss
7	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	game					for game's project	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	project		game						nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

Leave the pyramids out entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pyramids	det
3	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leave	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	1 Leave	compound:prt
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	imperative	you not said here	the pyramids				entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pyramid=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the game to explain it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 explain	mark
5	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 explain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the game					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent game=Recipient clause=Topic
2	explain speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	the game not said here	game					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Copy what the game says exactly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 says	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Copy	advcl
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	imperative	you not said here						vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the game					exactly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Check the facts in good books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 facts	det
3	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Check	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 books	case
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 books	amod
6	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	the facts		good books			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=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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