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Test 5 · ★★ · The secret that got told

«my mate says Sam's been dissing my mum, I'm gonna batter him». (dissing means saying rude things.) Best move?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Sam · What happens: say, dis, batter, mean · To what, where: mum, Sam, rude things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» 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: «my mate says Sam's been dissing my mum, I'm gonna batter him».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dissing	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dissing	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 dissing	aux
8	dissing	dis	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mum	nmod:poss
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dissing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 batter	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 batter	nsubj
13	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 batter	aux
14	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	15 batter	dep
15	batter	batter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 dissing	parataxis
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 batter	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 batter	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dis in a quote	present · progressive	Sam	my mum					tree rules
3	batter in a quote	present	my mate = mate	Sam					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument

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: (dissing means saying rude things.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct
2	dissing	dis	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	xcomp
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saying	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dis	gerund							tree rules
2	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	gerund		rude things					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Sentence 3: Best move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 move	amod
2	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Batter him straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Batter	batter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Batter	obj
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Batter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	batter	imperative	you not said here	him = he				away property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument

Option 2

Tell everyone Sam's a liar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 liar	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 liar	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liar	det
6	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	is a	present	Sam	a liar					tree rules

Option 3

Spread a rumour back about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rumour	det
3	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spread	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Spread	advmod
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread back	imperative	you not said here	a rumour				about him = he	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rumour=Theme about he=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask Sam directly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	directly	directly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Sam			directly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient

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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