Test 2 · ★★★ · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend
«don't tell ur mom lol, she wouldn't get it». What does this message tell you?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mom, she, message · What happens: not tell, not get, tell · To what, where: mom, it, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: «don't tell ur mom lol, she wouldn't get it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 tell | advmod |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | iobj |
| 7 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 tell | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 get | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 get | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 get | advmod |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tell | ccomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 get | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | imperative · do-support | ur's mom = mom not said here | ur's mom | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mom=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not get in a quote | would | she | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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: What does this message tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 message | det |
| 4 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | this message | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
This person is not safe, tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 safe | advmod |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tell | punct |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 safe | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 up | det |
| 9 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | this person | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 2
It's a normal thing that friends say all the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 say | obj |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 say | nsubj |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | acl:relcl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 time | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a normal thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | friends | a normal thing | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
They're a good friend who keeps your secrets safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 friend | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 friend | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 friend | amod |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 keeps | nsubj |
| 7 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 friend | acl:relcl |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 secrets | nmod:poss |
| 9 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 keeps | obj |
| 10 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | a good friend | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | a good friend | your secrets | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |
Option 4
Your mum is too old for games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 old | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 old | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 old | advmod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 games | case |
| 7 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 old | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your mum | for games; old property | 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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