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Test 1 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

Mate: «just say ur printer broke, works every time». Why might it NOT work?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate, printer · What happens: say, break, work, not work · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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: Mate: «just say ur printer broke, works every time».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 works	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mate	acl:relcl
6	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 printer	nmod:poss
7	printer	printer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broke	nsubj
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
10	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 works	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 works	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Mate not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break in a quote	past	ur's printer						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	work in a quote	present	Mate				time		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 might it NOT work?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 work	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 work	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 work	nsubj
4	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 work	advmod
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work	might	Mate						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The teacher can just say «email it then»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 email	punct
7	email	email	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 email	obj
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 email	advmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 email	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	can	the teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	email in a quote	infinitive		teacher			then		tree rules

Option 2

It only works on Mondays, when teachers are tired

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	3 works	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 Mondays	case
5	Mondays	Monday	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 works	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Mondays	punct
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 tired	mark
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tired	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tired	cop
10	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 works	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It				monday		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	teachers					tired property	tree rules

Option 3

Teachers don't know what printers are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 know	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 know	ccomp
6	printers	printer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 what	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	Teachers						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	printers						tree rules

Option 4

Printers never break at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Printers	printer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 break	advmod
3	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not break	present	Printers			home			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

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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