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Test 3 · ★★★ · The friend who only calls when they need something

Mia's sad and Ava hasn't texted once, but she was round every day for the new game. What does that tell Mia?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, that · What happens: not text, be, tell · To what, where: Ava, Mia · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» 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: Mia's sad and Ava hasn't texted once, but she was round every day for the new game.

nmod:posscaseccnsubj:passauxadvmodconjadvmodpunctccnsubjcopparataxisdetobl:unmarkedcasedetamodoblpunctrootMiaPROPN'sPARTsadADJandCCONJAvaPROPNhasAUXn'tPARTtextedVERBonceADV,PUNCTbutCCONJshePRONwasAUXroundADJeveryDETdayNOUNforADPtheDETnewADJgameNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing3 sadnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Miacase
3sadsadADJDegree=Posrootroot
4andandCCONJ_8 textedcc
5AvaAvaPROPNNumber=Sing8 textednsubj:pass
6hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 textedaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 textedadvmod
8textedtextVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 sadconj
9onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult8 textedadvmod
10,,PUNCT_14 roundpunct
11butbutCCONJ_14 roundcc
12sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 roundnsubj
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 roundcop
14roundroundADJDegree=Pos8 textedparataxis
15everyeveryDETPronType=Tot16 daydet
16daydayNOUNNumber=Sing14 roundobl:unmarked
17forforADP_20 gamecase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 gamedet
19newnewADJDegree=Pos20 gameamod
20gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing14 roundobl
21..PUNCT_3 sadpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not textpresent · perfect · passiveAvaonce propertytree rules
2ispastAvadayfor the new game; round propertytree 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 does that tell Mia?

objauxnsubjiobjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXthatPRONtellVERBMiaPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 tellobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 tellaux
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 tellnsubj
4telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing4 telliobj
6??PUNCT_4 tellpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpresent · do-supportthatMiavn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mia=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Ava is shy about sadness

nsubjcopcaseoblrootAvaPROPNisAUXshyADJaboutADPsadnessNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AvaAvaPROPNNumber=Sing3 shynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 shycop
3shyshyADJDegree=Posrootroot
4aboutaboutADP_5 sadnesscase
5sadnesssadnessNOUNNumber=Sing3 shyobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentAvaabout sadness; shy propertytree rules

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

Ava is a fair-weather friend

nsubjcopdetamodpunctcompoundrootAvaPROPNisAUXaDETfairADJ-PUNCTweatherNOUNfriendNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AvaAvaPROPNNumber=Sing7 friendnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 friendcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 frienddet
4fairfairADJDegree=Pos6 weatheramod
5--PUNCT_4 fairpunct
6weatherweatherNOUNNumber=Sing7 friendcompound
7friendfriendNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentAvaa weather friendtree rules

Option 3

Ava's phone is broken

nmod:posscasensubj:passaux:passrootAvaPROPN'sPARTphoneNOUNisAUXbrokenVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AvaAvaPROPNNumber=Sing3 phonenmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Avacase
3phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing5 brokennsubj:pass
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 brokenaux:pass
5brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1breakpresent · passiveAva's phonevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Ava is her truest friend

nsubjcopnmod:possamodrootAvaPROPNisAUXherPRONtruestADJfriendNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AvaAvaPROPNNumber=Sing5 friendnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 friendcop
3herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 friendnmod:poss
4truesttrueADJDegree=Sup5 friendamod
5friendfriendNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentAvaAva's truest friendtree 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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