Test 8 · ★★ · The group chat that turns
«phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid». («mid» means boring or poor.) What did Sam find after two weeks?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mid, Sam · What happens: mean, find
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» 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: «phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 phones | punct |
| 2 | phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 mid | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 kitchen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kitchen | det |
| 5 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 phones | nmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 8 | case |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 kitchen | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 phones | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 mid | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 mid | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 mid | advmod |
| 12 | mid | mid | X | _ | root | root |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 mid | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 mid | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: («mid» means boring or poor.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 mid | punct |
| 3 | mid | mid | X | _ | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 mid | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 poor | cc |
| 8 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boring | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | mid | boring property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What did Sam find after two weeks?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 find | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 find | nsubj |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 weeks | case |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 weeks | nummod |
| 7 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 find | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · do-support | Sam | week | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He made lots more enemies at school
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 | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 enemies | amod |
| 5 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lots | conj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 school | case |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | He | lots and more enemies | school | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He slept better and was less grumpy
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 | 2 slept | nsubj |
| 2 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 slept | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 grumpy | cc |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 grumpy | cop |
| 6 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 grumpy | advmod |
| 7 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 slept | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past | He | well property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | He not said here | grumpy, less property | tree rules |
Option 3
He failed all his tests
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 | 2 failed | nsubj |
| 2 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 tests | det:predet |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 tests | nmod:poss |
| 5 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 failed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | past | He | his tests | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | test | his = he | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
He was more tired and grumpy than ever before
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 | 4 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tired | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 tired | advmod |
| 4 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 grumpy | cc |
| 6 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tired | conj |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 ever | case |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 before | advmod |
| 9 | before | before | ADV | _ | 4 tired | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | before, tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | 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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