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Test 9 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few

Noah's mate just says «stuff, places» about his weekend and looks at the floor. What's wise?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, look, be · To what, where: stuff · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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: Noah's mate just says «stuff, places» about his weekend and looks at the floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Noah	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 says	advmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 stuff	punct
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 places	punct
9	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stuff	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 places	punct
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 weekend	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 weekend	nmod:poss
13	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 places	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 looks	cc
15	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 floor	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 floor	det
18	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 looks	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Noah's mate	stuff and places about mate's weekend					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic
2	look	present	Noah's mate not said here					at the floor	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at floor=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 wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Call him a liar in front of everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Call	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 liar	det
4	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here		him = he	front of everyone			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

Tell the teacher he's lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lying	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	aux
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lie	present · progressive	teacher						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Let it go kindly; he may tell you later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	aux
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	go	infinitive						kindly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	may	he		you			late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 4

Follow him next weekend to see where he really goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Follow	obj
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 weekend	amod
4	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Follow	advcl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 goes	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 goes	nsubj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 goes	advmod
10	goes	go	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	follow	imperative	you not said here	him = he			weekend		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	go	present	he						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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