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Test 6 · ★★ · When the story falls apart

Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?» What does Zoe's laugh and confession show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shopkeeper, Zoe · What happens: wave, do, laugh · To what, where: laugh

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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: Zoe's shopkeeper waves: «Back for more?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shopkeeper	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Zoe	case
3	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waves	nsubj
4	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 waves	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Back	punct
7	Back	back	ADV	_	4 waves	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 more	case
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 waves	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 waves	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 waves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present	Zoe's shopkeeper					for more	vn wink-40.3.1 «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 does Zoe's laugh and confession show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 laugh	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Zoe	case
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 show	cc
7	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	compound
8	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laugh	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		Zoe's laugh and confession show					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Eventuality
2	laugh		Zoe						nom laugh «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

Lying works better in big towns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 works	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 towns	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 towns	amod
6	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	work	present						in big towns; well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in town=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She should use a different shop next time, further away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 use	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 use	aux
3	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shop	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shop	amod
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 further	punct
10	further	further	ADV	_	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	3 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	should	She	a different shop			time	away property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Real life has many witnesses, so the truth is easier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 life	amod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 witnesses	amod
5	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 easier	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 easier	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 easier	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 easier	cop
11	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 has	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Real life	many witnesses					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Patient
2	is	present	the truth					easy property	tree rules

Option 4

Shopkeepers always tell on kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shopkeepers	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 tell	advmod
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 kids	case
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Shopkeepers					on kids; always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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