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Test 1 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else

«they always walk in front and I'm stuck at the back, so I'll just sulk». Better idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, I · What happens: walk, be, sulk · To what, where: front, back

This is test 1 of lesson 478 «Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else» 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: «they always walk in front and I'm stuck at the back, so I'll just sulk».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 walk	punct
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walk	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 walk	advmod
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stuck	cc
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 stuck	nsubj
9	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stuck	cop
10	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walk	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 back	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 back	det
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sulk	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 sulk	advmod
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 sulk	nsubj
17	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 sulk	aux
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 sulk	advmod
19	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walk	parataxis
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 sulk	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in a quote	present	they			front		always property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory
2	is in a quote	present	I			the back		stuck property	tree rules
3	sulk in a quote	future	I						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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: Better idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 idea	amod
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 idea	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sulk till they guess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sulk	sulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	till	till	SCONJ	_	4 guess	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 guess	nsubj
4	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sulk	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	present	they	Sulk not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sulk=Theme

Option 2

Push in between them so you're in the middle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Push	obl
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 middle	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 middle	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 middle	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push in	imperative	you not said here					between them = they	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between they=Destination
2	is	present	you			the middle			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say how you feel and suggest taking turns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 feel	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 feel	nsubj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 suggest	cc
6	suggest	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	conj
7	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 suggest	xcomp
8	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel	present	you						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	suggest speech: suggest	present	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	take	gerund	you not said here	turns					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme

Option 4

Walk the other way forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obj
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here	the other way				forever property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory

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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