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Test 8 · The row over a game

«tig-backs are allowed, everyone knows that, innit». What's the best way to stop this kind of row?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, best way · What happens: allow, know, innit, be, stop · To what, where: tig backs, that, kind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: «tig-backs are allowed, everyone knows that, innit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 allowed	punct
2	tig	tig	NOUN	_	4 backs	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 tig	punct
4	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knows	punct
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	conj
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 knows	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 knows	ccomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow in a quote	present · passive		tig backs					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	know in a quote	present	everyone	that					tree rules
3	innit in a quote	infinitive							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: What's the best way to stop this kind of row?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 kind	det
9	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 row	case
11	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kind	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	stop	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	this kind of row					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality kind=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stop playing games forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 playing	obj
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 playing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	play	gerund	you not said here	games				forever property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2

Let whoever is it make up rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 make	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 make	compound:prt
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	present	whoever					make property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Agree the rules before you start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rules	det
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Agree	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 start	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 start	nsubj
6	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here	the rules					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent rule=Topic
2	start	present	you						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

The loudest person decides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decides	nsubj
4	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	the loudest person						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: 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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