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Test 11 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van

Ben: «so the tablet doesn't need a rest?» What's the best next thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: tablet, best next thing · What happens: not need, be, do · To what, where: rest

This is test 11 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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: Ben: «so the tablet doesn't need a rest?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 need	vocative
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Ben	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	9 need	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tablet	det
6	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 need	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 need	advmod
9	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rest	det
11	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need in a quote	present · do-support	the tablet	a rest				Ben vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=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 best next thing to do?

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	6 thing	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 thing	amod
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 thing	acl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best next thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the best next thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Hide the tablet under the bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tablet	det
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 bed	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bed	det
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the tablet		the bed			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient under bed=Location

Option 2

Shout that Mum is a liar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Mum	det
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 liar	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 liar	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liar	det
6	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	that Mum	a liar					tree rules

Option 3

Use the tablet all night to prove it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tablet	det
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl:unmarked
6	to	to	PART	_	7 prove	mark
7	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the tablet			night		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient
2	prove	to-infinitive	you not said here	tablet					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask for the real reason and make a rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rule	det
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					for the real reason	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	infinitive	you not said here	a rule					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product

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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