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Test 3 · ★ · Joining a game, and the shy kid

Theo says «c-c-can I—». Someone shouts «CAN HE GO TOILET, MISS». What should happen instead?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Theo, Someone · What happens: say, shout, go, happen · To what, where: TOILET · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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: Theo says «c-c-can I—».

nsubjpunctcompoundpunctnsubjpunctccompnsubjpunctpunctpunctrootTheoPROPNsaysVERB«PUNCTcNOUN-PUNCTcNOUN-PUNCTcanAUXIPRON—PUNCT»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheoTheoPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3««PUNCT_6 cpunct
4ccNOUNNumber=Sing6 ccompound
5--PUNCT_4 cpunct
6ccNOUNNumber=Sing8 cannsubj
7--PUNCT_6 cpunct
8cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin2 saysccomp
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 cannsubj
10—-PUNCT_9 Ipunct
11»»PUNCT_8 canpunct
12..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentTheovn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Someone shouts «CAN HE GO TOILET, MISS».

nsubjpunctauxnsubjccompobjpunctconjpunctpunctrootSomeonePRONshoutsVERB«PUNCTCANAUXHEPRONGOVERBTOILETPROPN,PUNCTMISSPROPN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomeonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 shoutsnsubj
2shoutsshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3««PUNCT_6 GOpunct
4CANcanAUXVerbForm=Fin6 GOaux
5HEhePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 GOnsubj
6GOgoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 shoutsccomp
7TOILETTOILETPROPNNumber=Sing6 GOobj
8,,PUNCT_9 MISSpunct
9MISSMISSPROPNNumber=Sing7 TOILETconj
10»»PUNCT_6 GOpunct
11..PUNCT_2 shoutspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shout speech: expresspresentSomeonevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2go in a quotecanTheoTOILET and MISSvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location toilet=Theme

Sentence 3: What should happen instead?

nsubjauxadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhappenVERBinsteadADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4insteadinsteadADV_3 happenadvmod
5??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenshouldinstead propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Finish faster for him

advmodcaseoblrootFinishVERBfasterADVforADPhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FinishfinishVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2fasterfastADVDegree=Cmp1 Finishadvmod
3forforADP_4 himcase
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Finishobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1finishimperativeyou not said herefor him = he; fast propertyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wait and let Theo finish

ccconjobjxcomprootWaitVERBandCCONJletVERBTheoPROPNfinishVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WaitwaitVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
2andandCCONJ_3 letcc
3letletVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Waitconj
4TheoTheoPROPNNumber=Sing3 letobj
5finishfinishVERBVerbForm=Inf3 letxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitimperativeyou not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2letinfinitiveyou not said hereTheotree rules
3finishinfinitiveTheo not said herevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Laugh so he relaxes

advmodnsubjadvclrootLaughVERBsoADVhePRONrelaxesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaughlaughVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2sosoADV_4 relaxesadvmod
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 relaxesnsubj
4relaxesrelaxVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Laughadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughimperativeyou not said herevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2relaxpresenthevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Talk over him to help

caseoblmarkadvclrootTalkVERBoverADPhimPRONtoPARThelpVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TalktalkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2overoverADP_3 himcase
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Talkobl
4totoPART_5 helpmark
5helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Talkadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1talkimperativeyou not said hereover him = hevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2helpto-infinitiveyou not said herevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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