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Test 6 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar». What's the wise thing for visitors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: them, wise thing · What happens: hate, be · To what, where: vicar

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» 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: Lily's cousin: «them geese hate even the vicar».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 cousin	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 hate	punct
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hate	nsubj
7	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hate	nsubj
8	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cousin	parataxis
9	even	even	ADV	_	11 vicar	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vicar	det
11	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hate	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 hate	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cousin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate in a quote	present	them = they	the vicar					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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 wise thing for visitors?

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 thing	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 visitors	case
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thing	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wise thing for visitors						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Chase them so they learn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Chase	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 learn	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learn	nsubj
5	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Chase	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	learn	present	they						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wave from the gate and stay out of their space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wave	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stay	cc
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 space	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 space	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 space	nmod:poss
10	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay out	infinitive	Wave from the gate	their space					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme space=Location

Option 3

Bring a big bag of bread and win them over slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bag	amod
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bread	case
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bag	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 win	cc
8	win	win	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Bring	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 win	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	8 win	compound:prt
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 win	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	a big bag of bread					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bag=Theme
2	win over	infinitive	you not said here	them = they				slowly property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

Ask the vicar for advice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vicar	det
3	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 advice	case
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the vicar				for advice	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vicar=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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