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Test 9 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…

Maddie: «the goat literally ate my coat toggle, that's theft». What's the real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, real lesson · What happens: eat, be · To what, where: coat toggle, theft

This is test 9 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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: Maddie: «the goat literally ate my coat toggle, that's theft».

nsubjpunctpunctdetnsubjadvmodnmod:posscompoundobjpunctdetcopappospunctpunctrootMaddiePROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTtheDETgoatNOUNliterallyADVateVERBmyPRONcoatNOUNtoggleNOUN,PUNCTthatDET'sAUXtheftNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MaddieMaddiePROPNNumber=Sing7 atensubj
2::PUNCT_1 Maddiepunct
3««PUNCT_7 atepunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 goatdet
5goatgoatNOUNNumber=Sing7 atensubj
6literallyliterallyADV_7 ateadvmod
7ateeatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 togglenmod:poss
9coatcoatNOUNNumber=Sing10 togglecompound
10toggletoggleNOUNNumber=Sing7 ateobj
11,,PUNCT_14 theftpunct
12thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem14 theftdet
13'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 theftcop
14thefttheftNOUNNumber=Sing10 toggleappos
15»»PUNCT_14 theftpunct
16..PUNCT_7 atepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eat in a quotepastMaddiemy coat toggleliterally propertyvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toggle=Patient
2is a in a quotepresentthat thefttree rules

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 the real lesson?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETrealADJlessonNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 lessondet
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 lessonamod
5lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe real lessontree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Goats only eat red things

nsubjadvmodamodobjrootGoatsNOUNonlyADVeatVERBredADJthingsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GoatsgoatNOUNNumber=Plur3 eatnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 eatadvmod
3eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4redredADJDegree=Pos5 thingsamod
5thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur3 eatobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatpresentGoatsred thingsvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Goats chew anything, so hold onto your stuff

nsubjobjpunctadvmodconjcasenmod:possoblrootGoatsNOUNchewVERBanythingPRON,PUNCTsoADVholdVERBontoADPyourPRONstuffNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GoatsgoatNOUNNumber=Plur2 chewnsubj
2chewchewVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 chewobj
4,,PUNCT_6 holdpunct
5sosoADV_6 holdadvmod
6holdholdVERBVerbForm=Inf2 chewconj
7ontoontoADP_9 stuffcase
8youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 stuffnmod:poss
9stuffstuffNOUNNumber=Sing6 holdobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chewpresentGoatsanythingvn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
2holdinfinitiveGoats not said hereyour stuffvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Goats steal on purpose to annoy you

nsubjcaseoblmarkadvclobjrootGoatsNOUNstealVERBonADPpurposeNOUNtoPARTannoyVERByouPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GoatsgoatNOUNNumber=Plur2 stealnsubj
2stealstealVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ononADP_4 purposecase
4purposepurposeNOUNNumber=Sing2 stealobl
5totoPART_6 annoymark
6annoyannoyVERBVerbForm=Inf2 stealadvcl
7youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs6 annoyobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stealpresentGoatspurposevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location
2annoyto-infinitiveGoats not said hereyouvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

Option 4

You should feed goats your coat

nsubjauxobjnmod:possapposrootYouPRONshouldAUXfeedVERBgoatsNOUNyourPRONcoatNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 feednsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 feedaux
3feedfeedVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4goatsgoatNOUNNumber=Plur3 feedobj
5youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 coatnmod:poss
6coatcoatNOUNNumber=Sing4 goatsappos
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feedshouldYougoatsvn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Recipient

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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