Test 2 · ★★ · The check that settles it
Mate: «beat the final boss in 10 mins, no cap». How do you settle it fast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: beat, settle · To what, where: final boss, boss
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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: Mate: «beat the final boss in 10 mins, no cap».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 beat | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 beat | punct |
| 4 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Mate | appos |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boss | det |
| 6 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 boss | amod |
| 7 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beat | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 mins | case |
| 9 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 mins | nummod |
| 10 | mins | minute | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 7 boss | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cap | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 cap | det |
| 13 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boss | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 cap | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat in a quote | infinitive | the final boss | in 10 mins | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boss=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: How do you settle it fast?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 settle | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 settle | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 settle | nsubj |
| 4 | settle | settle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 settle | obj |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 settle | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 settle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | settle | present · do-support | you | boss | fast property | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Look at the game's trophy list
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 list | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 list | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 game | case |
| 6 | trophy | trophy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 list | compound |
| 7 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | at the game's trophy list | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at list=Theme | ||||
| 2 | list | the game | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Believe him, because he's your mate and mates don't lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 mate | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mate | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mate | cop |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mate | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 mates | cc |
| 10 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 mate | conj |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lie | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 lie | advmod |
| 13 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Believe | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | your mate and mates | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not lie | present · do-support | you not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Argue for twenty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 minutes | case |
| 3 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 minutes | nummod |
| 4 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Argue | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | imperative | you not said here | minute | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Ask him to say no cap again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 say | mark |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 cap | det |
| 6 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | obj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | no cap | again | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cap=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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