Test 8 · The new kid and the first day
You moved school and you're eating lunch alone for the third day. What's the best step?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, best step · What happens: move, eat, be · To what, where: school, lunch
This is test 8 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: You moved school and you're eating lunch alone for the third day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 eating | cc |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 eating | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 eating | aux |
| 7 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 moved | conj |
| 8 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eating | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 7 eating | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 day | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 day | det |
| 12 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 day | amod |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eating | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 moved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | You | school | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme | ||||
| 2 | eat | present · progressive | you | lunch | day | alone property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |
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 best step?
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 step | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 step | amod |
| 5 | step | step | 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 step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Stop eating lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | you not said here | lunch | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |
Option 2
Pretend you're on your phone forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 phone | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 phone | cop |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 phone | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 phone | nmod:poss |
| 6 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pretend | parataxis |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Pretend | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | imperative | you not said here | forever property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | your phone | tree rules |
Option 3
Keep it secret, it'll pass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pass | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pass | nsubj |
| 6 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pass | aux |
| 7 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Keep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | secret property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | pass | future | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher or dinner lady
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 lady | cc |
| 5 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lady | compound |
| 6 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a teacher or dinner lady | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
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