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Test 9 · ★★ · The check that settles it

Two kids remember a match differently. Neither is lying. What's the best explanation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two kids, Neither, best explanation · What happens: remember, lie, be · To what, where: match

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Two kids remember a match differently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kids	nummod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remember	nsubj
3	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 match	det
5	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remember	obj
6	differently	differently	ADV	_	3 remember	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Two kids	a match				differently property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent match=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: Neither is lying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 lying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	Neither						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's the best explanation?

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 explanation	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best explanation						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

One of them is a liar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 liar	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 One	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 liar	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liar	det
6	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	One of them	a liar					tree rules

Option 2

Both are lying on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 lying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 purpose	case
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	Both			purpose			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on purpose=Location

Option 3

Football is too fast to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fast	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fast	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fast	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Football					fast property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	Football not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Memories bend toward what we want

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bend	nsubj
2	bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	toward	toward	ADP	_	4 what	case
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 bend	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	Memories						vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward what=Location
2	want	present	we						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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