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Test 3 · ★★ · The magician's trick explained

Fair stall: «Three hoops, a dollar! Easy win, folks!» What's the smart thing to do first?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: smart thing · What happens: be, do

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Fair stall: «Three hoops, a dollar!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stall	amod
2	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hoops	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 hoops	punct
5	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hoops	nummod
6	hoops	hoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stall	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dollar	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dollar	det
9	dollar	dollar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hoops	conj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 stall	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Easy win, folks!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 win	amod
2	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 folks	punct
4	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 win	conj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 win	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 win	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What's the smart thing to do first?

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	5 thing	det
4	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 do	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Throw as hard as you can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 hard	advmod
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Throw	xcomp
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 can	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 can	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hard	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here					hard property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Ask the man to promise you'll win at least once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 promise	mark
5	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 win	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 win	aux
8	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 promise	ccomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 least	case
10	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 once	obl
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 win	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the man				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	win	future	you					once property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Watch for a while to see if anyone wins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 while	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 while	det
4	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Watch	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Watch	advcl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 wins	mark
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 wins	nsubj
9	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	imperative	you not said here				while		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	win a condition, not said to happen	present	anyone						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Pay for three goes at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 goes	mark
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pay	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	imperative	you not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go	present	three						vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

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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