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Test 7 · ★ · The broken window and other hidden accidents

Kid: «just blame the cat, it can't argue lol». What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat, truth · What happens: blame, not argue, be · To what, where: cat

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» 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: Kid: «just blame the cat, it can't argue lol».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 blame	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 blame	punct
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 blame	advmod
5	blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Kid	appos
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blame	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 argue	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 argue	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 argue	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 argue	advmod
12	argue	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 blame	parataxis
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 argue	discourse
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 argue	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame in a quote	infinitive		the cat					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
2	not argue speech: disagree in a quote	can	cat						vn correspond-36.1-1 «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: What's the truth?

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	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Cats always get the blame fairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 blame	det
5	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	3 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Cats	the blame				always, fairly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's a coward's lie, and it often fails anyway

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	6 lie	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 coward	det
4	coward	coward	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 coward	case
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fails	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fails	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fails	nsubj
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 fails	advmod
11	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lie	conj
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 fails	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a coward's lie					tree rules
2	fail	present	lie					anyway, often property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Parents can never check where the cat was all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 check	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 check	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 check	advmod
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 day	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 day	cop
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	can	Parents						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the cat	all day					tree rules

Option 4

It's fine if it's a small thing

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 thing	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thing	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	it	a small thing					tree rules

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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