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Test 3 · ★ · Stories that change

«Library till 6!» It shuts at 5. What would happen if Sophie said where she really was?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, Sophie · What happens: shut, happen, say, be · To what, where: 5 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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: «Library till 6!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Library	punct
2	Library	Library	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	till	till	ADP	_	4 6	case
4	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Library	nmod
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Library	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Library	punct

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

Sentence 2: It shuts at 5.

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	2 shuts	nsubj
2	shuts	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 5	case
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 shuts	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shuts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	present	It			5			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Sentence 3: What would happen if Sophie said where she really was?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 said	mark
5	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 was	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 was	nsubj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 was	advmod
10	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	Sophie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	be	past	Sophie						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Much more trouble than now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Much	much	ADV	_	2 more	advmod
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 trouble	amod
3	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 now	case
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 trouble	obl

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Less trouble than being caught lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 trouble	amod
2	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	than	than	SCONJ	_	5 caught	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 caught	aux:pass
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 trouble	acl
6	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 caught	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	gerund · passive		Less trouble not said here					tree rules
2	lie	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The library would stay open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 library	det
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	would	the library					open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Mum would never ask about the library again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 ask	advmod
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 library	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 library	det
7	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	would	Mum				again	about the library	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about library=Topic

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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