Test 3 · The row over a game
«He took my turn so I'll just shove him off». What would probably happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: He, I · What happens: take, shove off, happen · To what, where: turn, him
This is test 3 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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 took my turn so I'll just shove him off».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 turn | nmod:poss |
| 5 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 shove | advmod |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 shove | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 shove | aux |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 shove | advmod |
| 10 | shove | shove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 shove | obj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 shove | compound:prt |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | past | He | my turn | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shove off in a quote | future | I | him = he | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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 would probably happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Everyone would agree you were right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 agree | aux |
| 3 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 right | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 agree | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | would | Everyone | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | you | right property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Someone could get hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurt | aux |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurt | aux:pass |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | could · passive | Someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He'd say sorry and give you the turn back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 say | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 give | cc |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | conj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 give | iobj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 turn | det |
| 9 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | He | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | He not said here | the turn | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient turn=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, trampolines are soft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 trampolines | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | trampolines | trampoline | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 soft | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 soft | cop |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing trampolines | soft property | tree 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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