Test 4 · ★ · The friend with a PS6
Zara's photo is a blurry back of a tall man. What would happen if you demanded better proof every time?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: photo, you · What happens: be, happen, demand · To what, where: blurry back, better proof
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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's photo is a blurry back of a tall man.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 photo | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zara | case |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 back | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 back | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 back | det |
| 6 | blurry | blurry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 back | amod |
| 7 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 man | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 back | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 back | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Zara's photo | a blurry back | of a tall man | 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 would happen if you demanded better proof every time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 demanded | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 demanded | nsubj |
| 6 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 proof | amod |
| 8 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 demanded | obj |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 demanded | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | demand speech: request a condition, not said to happen | past | you | better proof | time | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme proof=Precondition |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
You might spoil a fun story — you can just not decide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 spoil | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 spoil | aux |
| 3 | spoil | spoil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 5 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 story | compound |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spoil | obj |
| 7 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 spoil | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 decide | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 decide | aux |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 decide | advmod |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 decide | advmod |
| 12 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 spoil | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spoil | might | You | a fun story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not decide | can | you | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nothing, a photo is always proof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 proof | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 photo | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 photo | det |
| 4 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 proof | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 proof | advmod |
| 7 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | proof | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
You'd find out it really was Messi after all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 find | compound:prt |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 Messi | nsubj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 Messi | advmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Messi | cop |
| 8 | Messi | Messi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 find | ccomp |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | would | You | after all | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | Messi | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She would show a clear video
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 show | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | aux |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 video | det |
| 5 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 video | amod |
| 6 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | would | She | a clear video | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent video=Recipient |
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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