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Test 4 · ★★★ · The friend who only calls when they need something

«he only rings when he wants summat, but he's still my mate». How could Connor test that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, Connor · What happens: ring, want, be, test · To what, where: summat, mate, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: «he only rings when he wants summat, but he's still my mate».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 rings	punct
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rings	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 rings	advmod
4	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 wants	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rings	ccomp
8	summat	summat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 mate	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mate	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 mate	cop
13	still	still	ADV	_	15 mate	advmod
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mate	nmod:poss
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring in a quote	present	he						tree rules
2	want in a quote	present	he	summat					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot summat=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	he	my mate			still		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: How could Connor test that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 test	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 test	aux
3	Connor	Connor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 test	nsubj
4	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 test	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	could	Connor	that					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Lend him even more stuff and see if he says thanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lend	lend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lend	obj
3	even	even	ADV	_	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 stuff	amod
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lend	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 see	cc
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Lend	conj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 says	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 see	advcl
11	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	imperative	you not said here	more stuff	him = he				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient stuff=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Never speak to him again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 speak	advmod
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 speak	obl
5	again	again	ADV	_	2 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here		him = he		again		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Invite him to something with nothing to gain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Invite	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Invite	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 nothing	case
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Invite	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 gain	mark
8	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 nothing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	imperative	you not said here		him = he			to something; with nothing	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	gain	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

Buy him a present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Buy	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 present	det
4	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	a present	him = he				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary present=Theme

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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