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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».

punctadvmodauxnmod:possnsubjdetobjcasedetamodnmodpunctadvmodparataxispunctpunctroot«PUNCTwhyADV'sAUXmyPRONmumNOUNreadingVERBtheDETlettersNOUNfromADPtheDETScottishADJgirlNOUN,PUNCTsoADVcringeNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_6 readingpunct
2whywhyADVPronType=Int6 readingadvmod
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 readingaux
4mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 mumnmod:poss
5mummumNOUNNumber=Sing6 readingnsubj
6readingreadVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 lettersdet
8lettersletterNOUNNumber=Plur6 readingobj
9fromfromADP_12 girlcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 girldet
11ScottishScottishADJDegree=Pos12 girlamod
12girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing8 lettersnmod
13,,PUNCT_15 cringepunct
14sosoADV_15 cringeadvmod
15cringecringeNOUNNumber=Sing6 readingparataxis
16»»PUNCT_15 cringepunct
17..PUNCT_6 readingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1read in a quotepresent · progressivemy mumthe lettersfrom the Scottish girlvn 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?

advmodauxnsubjpunctrootWhyADVdoesAUXshePRONcheckVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 checkadvmod
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 checkaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 checknsubj
4checkcheckVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 checkpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkpresent · do-supportmumvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

To keep the best drawings for herself

markdetamodobjcaseoblrootToPARTkeepVERBtheDETbestADJdrawingsNOUNforADPherselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 keepmark
2keepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 drawingsdet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 drawingsamod
5drawingsdrawingNOUNNumber=Plur2 keepobj
6forforADP_7 herselfcase
7herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 keepobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepto-infinitivethe best drawingsfor herself = shevn 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

markxcompdetnsubjcopccompccconjrootToPARTmakeVERBsureADJtheDETfriendNOUNisAUXrealADJandCCONJsafeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 makemark
2makemakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3suresureADJDegree=Pos2 makexcomp
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 frienddet
5friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing7 realnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 realcop
7realrealADJDegree=Pos3 sureccomp
8andandCCONJ_9 safecc
9safesafeADJDegree=Pos3 sureconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1maketo-infinitivesure propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2ispresentthe friendreal propertytree rules

Option 3

Because she's nosy and bored

marknsubjcopccconjrootBecauseSCONJshePRON'sAUXnosyADJandCCONJboredADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseSCONJ_4 nosymark
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 nosynsubj
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 nosycop
4nosynosyADJDegree=Posrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 boredcc
6boredboredADJDegree=Pos4 nosyconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentshenosy propertytree rules
2beshe not said heretree rules

Option 4

Because Scotland is a dangerous place to write to

caseoblcopdetamodmarkacloblrootBecauseADPScotlandPROPNisAUXaDETdangerousADJplaceNOUNtoPARTwriteVERBtoADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseADPExtPos=ADP2 Scotlandcase
2ScotlandScotlandPROPNNumber=Sing6 placeobl
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 placecop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 placedet
5dangerousdangerousADJDegree=Pos6 placeamod
6placeplaceNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7totoPART_8 writemark
8writewriteVERBVerbForm=Inf6 placeacl
9totoADP_8 writeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta dangerous placebecause Scotlandtree rules
2writeto-infinitivevn 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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