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Test 5 · Blocking, muting and walking away

Jake: «I'm so tilted I'm gonna lob this controller». (tilted means angry after losing.) What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Jake · What happens: tilt, lob, mean, lose, do · To what, where: Jake, controller · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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: Jake: «I'm so tilted I'm gonna lob this controller».

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjaux:passadvmodnsubjauxdepconjdetobjpunctpunctrootJakePROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTIPRON'mAUXsoADVtiltedVERBIPRON'mAUXgonnaXlobVERBthisDETcontrollerNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing7 tiltednsubj
2::PUNCT_7 tiltedpunct
3««PUNCT_7 tiltedpunct
4IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 tiltednsubj
5'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 tiltedaux:pass
6sosoADV_7 tiltedadvmod
7tiltedtiltVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 lobnsubj
9'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 lobaux
10gonnagonnaXForeign=Yes11 lobdep
11loblobVERBVerbForm=Inf7 tiltedconj
12thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem13 controllerdet
13controllercontrollerNOUNNumber=Sing11 lobobj
14»»PUNCT_11 lobpunct
15..PUNCT_7 tiltedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tilt in a quotepresent · passiveJakevn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2lob in a quotepresentIthis controllervn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent controller=Theme

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: (tilted means angry after losing.)

punctcsubjxcompmarkadvclpunctpunctroot(PUNCTtiltedVERBmeansVERBangryADJafterSCONJlosingVERB.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_3 meanspunct
2tiltedtiltVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 meanscsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4angryangryADJDegree=Pos3 meansxcomp
5afterafterSCONJ_6 losingmark
6losingloseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 angryadvcl
7..PUNCT_3 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_3 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tiltparticiplevn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2meanpresentangry propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3losegerundvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What should he do?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhePRONdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldJakevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Keep playing angrier till he finally wins one

xcompxcompmarknsubjadvmodadvclobjrootKeepVERBplayingVERBangrierADJtillSCONJhePRONfinallyADVwinsVERBoneNUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KeepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2playingplayVERBVerbForm=Ger1 Keepxcomp
3angrierangryADJDegree=Cmp2 playingxcomp
4tilltillSCONJ_7 winsmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 winsnsubj
6finallyfinallyADV_7 winsadvmod
7winswinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Keepadvcl
8oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 winsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepimperativeyou not said heretree rules
2playgerundyou not said hereangry propertyvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3winpresentheonefinally propertyvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

Option 2

Throw it at the TV

objcasedetoblrootThrowVERBitPRONatADPtheDETTVNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThrowthrowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Throwobj
3atatADP_5 TVcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 TVdet
5TVTVNOUNNumber=Sing1 Throwobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1throwimperativeyou not said hereitthe TVvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at tv=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Put it down and walk away for a bit

objcompound:prtccconjadvmodcasedetoblrootPutVERBitPRONdownADPandCCONJwalkVERBawayADVforADPaDETbitNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3downdownADP_1 Putcompound:prt
4andandCCONJ_5 walkcc
5walkwalkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Putconj
6awayawayADV_5 walkadvmod
7forforADP_9 bitcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 bitdet
9bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing5 walkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1put downimperativeyou not said hereitvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
2walk awayinfinitiveyou not said herefor a bit; away propertyvn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Throw it on the sofa where it can't break

objcasedetobladvmodnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclrootThrowVERBitPRONonADPtheDETsofaNOUNwhereADVitPRONcaAUXn'tPARTbreakVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThrowthrowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Throwobj
3ononADP_5 sofacase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 sofadet
5sofasofaNOUNNumber=Sing1 Throwobl
6wherewhereADVPronType=Rel10 breakadvmod
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 breaknsubj
8cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 breakaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 breakadvmod
10breakbreakVERBVerbForm=Inf5 sofaacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1throwimperativeyou not said hereitthe sofavn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme on sofa=Destination
2not breakcansofavn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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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