Test 2 · ★ · The older kid's «trade»
Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday». What is this really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: this · What happens: be, bring · To what, where: crew, 2 quid, us
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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: Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 girl | amod |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 crew | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 crew | punct |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 crew | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 crew | case |
| 7 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 crew | nmod:poss |
| 8 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bring | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 bring | advmod |
| 11 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 crew | conj |
| 12 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 bring | obj |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 quid | nummod |
| 14 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bring | obj |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 Friday | det |
| 16 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 bring | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 bring | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | infinitive | our crew | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bring in a quote | infinitive | 2 quid | us | friday | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination quid=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 is this really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Taking, not friendship — tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 friendship | punct |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 friendship | advmod |
| 4 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 5 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Taking | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 up | det |
| 8 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 up | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 up | punct |
| 10 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | friendship | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 2
A normal way to make friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 2 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 way | amod |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 way | acl |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
Option 3
A school club with a fee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 club | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 club | compound |
| 3 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 fee | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fee | det |
| 6 | fee | fee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 club | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A good deal for being popular with the big girls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 deal | det |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 deal | amod |
| 3 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 popular | case |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 popular | cop |
| 6 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 deal | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 girls | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 girls | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 girls | amod |
| 10 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 popular | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | with the big girls; popular 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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