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Test 6 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

Zara: «but sir there really ARE power cuts here». What's the point the teacher is making?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sir · What happens: be · To what, where: power cuts

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Zara: «but sir there really ARE power cuts here».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 cuts	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 cuts	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 cuts	cc
5	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cuts	nsubj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sir	advmod
7	really	really	ADV	_	10 cuts	advmod
8	ARE	are	X	_	10 cuts	cop
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cuts	compound
10	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Zara	appos
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 cuts	advmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 cuts	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Zara	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote		sir	power cuts		here			tree rules

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 point the teacher is making?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 making	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 making	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 point	det
4	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	nsubj:outer
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 making	aux
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 making	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · progressive						make property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Homework must be done by candle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 done	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	aux:pass
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 candle	case
6	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	must · passive	candle	Homework					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Option 2

Only teachers may talk about power cuts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 teachers	advmod
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talk	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 cuts	case
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cuts	compound
7	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	may	teachers					about power cuts	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cut=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A real problem that didn't happen to you is still a lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 problem	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 problem	amod
3	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lie	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 happen	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 happen	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 happen	advmod
7	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 problem	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 happen	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 lie	cop
11	still	still	ADV	_	13 lie	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lie	det
13	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	past · do-support	a real problem		you				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	a real problem	a lie			still		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Power cuts never happen in Cape Town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cuts	compound
2	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Town	case
6	Cape	Cape	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Town	compound
7	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	present	Power cuts			Cape Town			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in town=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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