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Test 10 · ★ · Every family is different

Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything». What might actually work?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Jaylon · What happens: let, play, work · To what, where: Jaylon, anything

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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: Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jaylon	Jaylon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 strict	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 strict	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 strict	punct
4	y'all	y'all	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 strict	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 strict	advmod
6	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lets	punct
8	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dad	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Marcus	case
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lets	nsubj
11	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strict	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lets	obj
13	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 lets	xcomp
14	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 play	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 play	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 strict	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	present	Marcus's dad	Jaylon					tree rules
2	play in a quote	infinitive	Jaylon not said here	anything					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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: What might actually work?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 work	obj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 work	aux
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	might						actually property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material

The options

Option 1

Play the 18-rated games at Marcus's in secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 games	det
3	18	18	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 rated	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 18	punct
5	rated	rate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 games	amod
6	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Play	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Marcus	case
8	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obl
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Marcus	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 secret	case
11	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here	the rated games		Marcus		in secret	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
2	rate	participle							vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ask calmly why, and still keep the rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Ask	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rule	det
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					calmly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	the rule			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Tell Dad that Marcus's dad is a better dad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 dad	mark
4	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Marcus	case
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dad	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dad	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dad	det
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 dad	amod
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Dad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	is a	present	Marcus's dad	a better dad					tree rules

Option 4

Shout and slam doors until Dad gives in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 slam	cc
3	slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
4	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slam	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 gives	mark
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slam	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slam	infinitive	you not said here	doors					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	give in	present	Dad						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «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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