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Test 2 · ★★ · The magician's trick explained

Man on the street: «Find the ball, double your money! Look, that fella just won!» What's going on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: street, you, fella · What happens: find, double, look, win, go on · To what, where: ball, money

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 448 «The magician's trick explained» 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: Man on the street: «Find the ball, double your money!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 street	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 street	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 street	det
4	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Find	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Find	punct
7	Find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 street	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ball	det
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Find	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 double	punct
11	double	double	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 Find	conj
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 money	nmod:poss
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 double	obj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 street	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	infinitive	the street not said here	the ball					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Topic
2	double in a quote	infinitive	the street not said here	your money					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent money=Patient

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: Look, that fella just won!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 won	punct
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fella	det
4	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 won	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 won	advmod
6	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	parataxis
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	win	past	that fella						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

It's a fair game if you watch closely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 game	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 game	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 game	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 game	amod
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 watch	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 watch	nsubj
8	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 game	acl:relcl
9	closely	closely	ADV	_	8 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fair game					tree rules
2	watch a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a fair game not said here				closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The «winner» is likely his helper — walk on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 winner	det
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 winner	punct
3	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 likely	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 winner	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 likely	cop
6	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 helper	nmod:poss
8	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 likely	nsubj
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 likely	punct
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 likely	xcomp
11	on	on	ADV	_	10 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the winner					likely property	tree rules
2	walk on	infinitive	the winner not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It's safe because someone won

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 won	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 won	nsubj
6	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					safe property	tree rules
2	win	past	someone						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

You win if you pick the middle cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 win	nsubj
2	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 pick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 pick	nsubj
5	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 win	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cup	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cup	compound
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	You						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pick a condition, not said to happen	present	you	the middle cup					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient

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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