Test 6 · The new kid and the first day
Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days. Jake: «he's dead boring, I'm asking to move». Better idea?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, I · What happens: not speak, be, ask, move · To what, where: Jake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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: Jake and Zack haven't spoken for three days.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 spoken | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Zack | cc |
| 3 | Zack | Zack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jake | conj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 spoken | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 spoken | advmod |
| 6 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 days | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 days | nummod |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spoken | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 spoken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | present · perfect · passive | Jake and Zack | day | tree 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: Jake: «he's dead boring, I'm asking to move».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 boring | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 boring | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 boring | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 boring | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boring | cop |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 boring | amod |
| 7 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 asking | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 asking | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 asking | aux |
| 11 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 boring | parataxis |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 move | mark |
| 13 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 asking | xcomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 asking | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 boring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Jake | boring property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | present · progressive | I | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | move not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: Better idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 idea | amod |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Move on day three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 day | case |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 day | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | day | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Ignore him forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Ignore | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | him = he | forever property | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Give it time, slow friendships can be great
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 great | punct |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 friendships | amod |
| 6 | friendships | friendship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 great | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 great | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 great | cop |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Give | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | it | time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | can | slow friendships | great property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tell the teacher Zack is boring
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 | Zack | Zack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 boring | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boring | cop |
| 6 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 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.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Zack | boring property | tree rules |
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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