Test 12 · ★★★ · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend
«why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe». Why does she check?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: read, check · To what, where: letters
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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: «why's my mum reading the letters from the Scottish girl, so cringe».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 reading | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 reading | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reading | aux |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reading | nsubj |
| 6 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 letters | det |
| 8 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 reading | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 girl | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 girl | det |
| 11 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 girl | amod |
| 12 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 letters | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cringe | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 cringe | advmod |
| 15 | cringe | cringe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reading | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 cringe | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 reading | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read in a quote | present · progressive | my mum | the letters | from the Scottish girl | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent letter=Topic from girl=Source |
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: Why does she check?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 check | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present · do-support | mum | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
To keep the best drawings for herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 drawings | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 drawings | amod |
| 5 | drawings | drawing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 herself | case |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the best drawings | for herself = she | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To make sure the friend is real and safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 make | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 real | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 real | cop |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sure | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 safe | cc |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sure | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | sure property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the friend | real property | tree rules |
Option 3
Because she's nosy and bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 nosy | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nosy | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 nosy | cop |
| 4 | nosy | nosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bored | cc |
| 6 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nosy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | nosy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | she not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Because Scotland is a dangerous place to write to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 2 Scotland | case |
| 2 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 place | obl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 place | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 place | det |
| 5 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 place | amod |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 write | mark |
| 8 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 place | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a dangerous place | because Scotland | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | write | to-infinitive | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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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