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Test 7 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.» What did Mia's picture show?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Mr, Mia · What happens: say, do, show · To what, where: kids, everyone, picture show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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 mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
8	Hal	Hal	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mr	flat
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 kids	punct
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	obj
12	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 days	det
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	obj
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 days	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 everyone	case
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 says	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 love	punct
18	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 everyone	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Mr	kids		everyone	day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kid=Topic

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 did Mia's picture show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 show	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Mia	case
5	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	compound
6	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Mia's picture show					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality
2	show		Mia						nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

Pictures make people angrier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	angrier	angry	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Pictures	people				angry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product

Option 2

Mr Hal wanted money, not pictures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	Hal	Hal	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mr	flat
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pictures	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 pictures	advmod
7	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Mr	money				pictures obl	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Little gifts can open doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gifts	amod
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 open	aux
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	can	Little gifts	doors					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Drawing makes people move away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	gerund							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		people					tree rules
3	move away	infinitive	people not said here					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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