Test 9 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends
Jack, shaking: «If I show Mum the note about the fight, she'll go mad.» What's the wise choice?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, I, wise choice · What happens: shake, show, go, be · To what, where: note, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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: Jack, shaking: «If I show Mum the note about the fight, she'll go mad.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shaking | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jack | punct |
| 3 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaking | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 show | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 show | nsubj |
| 8 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 go | advcl |
| 9 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 show | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 note | det |
| 11 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 show | obj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 fight | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fight | det |
| 14 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 note | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 show | punct |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 go | nsubj |
| 17 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 go | aux |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shaking | parataxis |
| 19 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 go | xcomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | gerund | Jack | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | show a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | the note | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient note=Topic | |||
| 3 | go in a quote | future | Jack | mad property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 wise choice?
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 | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Give her the note — one problem is better than two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 note | det |
| 4 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 better | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 problem | nummod |
| 7 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 better | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 better | cop |
| 9 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Give | parataxis |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 two | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 better | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the note | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient note=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | one problem | than two; good property | tree rules |
Option 2
Lose it on the way home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lose | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 way | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lose | obl |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Lose | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | imperative | you not said here | it | the way | home property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Sign it for her, to save her the stress of it all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sign | sign | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sign | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sign | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 save | punct |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 save | mark |
| 7 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sign | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 save | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stress | det |
| 10 | stress | stress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 save | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stress | nmod |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign | imperative | you not said here | it | for her = she | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | |||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | you not said here | the stress of stress | her = she | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary stress=Theme | |||
| 3 | stress | stress | nom stress «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Tell the teacher that Mum is away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 away | mark |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 away | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 away | cop |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Mum | away property | 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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