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Test 6 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments

Zara wants more time. Which plan has the best chance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zara, plan · What happens: want, have · To what, where: best chance

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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 wants more time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Zara				time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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: Which plan has the best chance?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chance	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 chance	amod
6	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	which plan	the best chance					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Asking twenty times in a row at bedtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Asking	obl:unmarked
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 row	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 row	det
6	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 bedtime	case
8	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund				a row	time	at bedtime	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Telling them everyone else gets five hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 gets	csubj
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Telling	iobj
4	else	else	ADV	_	3 everyone	advmod
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hours	nummod
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient everyone=Topic
2	get	present	Telling				hour		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Crying loudly until her parents give in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 give	csubj
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Crying	advmod
3	until	until	ADP	_	5 parents	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parents	nmod:poss
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crying	obl
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund					until her parents	loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give in	present	Crying						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A calm list of true reasons at a quiet moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 list	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 list	amod
3	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 reasons	case
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reasons	amod
6	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 list	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 moment	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 moment	det
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 moment	amod
10	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reasons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list			true reasons at a quiet moment					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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