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Test 8 · ★ · April Fools' Day

Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign. What simple check would have saved him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: stand, save · To what, where: dinner, brother

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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: Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jade	Jade	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jade	case
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 sign	mark
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 because	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sign	det
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 paint	punct
11	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 paint	amod
12	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sign	compound
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 paint	punct
14	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Jade's brother			dinner			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through dinner=Location

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 simple check would have saved him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 saved	nsubj:pass
2	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 check	amod
3	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saved	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 saved	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 saved	aux
6	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	would · perfect · passive		brother					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Reading the sign twice, slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sign	det
3	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reading	obj
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Reading	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Reading	punct
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Reading	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		the sign				slowly, twice property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic

Option 2

Calling a painter to come and check it for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 painter	det
3	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 come	mark
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Calling	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 check	cc
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 come	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 check	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a painter					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent painter=Recipient
2	come	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	check	infinitive		painter				for him = he	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for he=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Touching or looking at the chair — no smell, no wet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 smell	csubj
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 looking	cc
3	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Touching	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 chair	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chair	det
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 smell	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 smell	det
9	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wet	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 wet	det
12	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 smell	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	gerund						at the chair	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at chair=Theme

Option 4

Asking Jade if it's true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Jade	Jade	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 true	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 true	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 true	cop
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Asking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			Jade				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jade=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	it					true 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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