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Test 7 · ★★ · The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»

Marley: «Mum's soup again lol, it's well nice tho». He's hungry most days at school. What should happen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Marley · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: nice tho, school

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 488 «The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»» 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: Marley: «Mum's soup again lol, it's well nice tho».

nsubjpunctpunctnmod:posscaseapposadvmoddiscoursepunctnsubjcopadvmodamodpunctpunctrootMarleyPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTMumNOUN'sPARTsoupNOUNagainADVlolINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXwellADVniceADJthoNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MarleyMarleyPROPNNumber=Sing14 thonsubj
2::PUNCT_6 souppunct
3««PUNCT_6 souppunct
4MummumNOUNNumber=Sing6 soupnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Mumcase
6soupsoupNOUNNumber=Sing1 Marleyappos
7againagainADV_6 soupadvmod
8lollolINTJ_14 thodiscourse
9,,PUNCT_8 lolpunct
10ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 thonsubj
11'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 thocop
12wellwellADVDegree=Pos13 niceadvmod
13niceniceADJDegree=Pos14 thoamod
14thothoNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
15»»PUNCT_14 thopunct
16..PUNCT_14 thopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentMarleynice thotree rules

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: He's hungry most days at school.

nsubjcopamodobl:unmarkedcaseoblpunctrootHePRON'sAUXhungryADJmostADJdaysNOUNatADPschoolNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 hungrynsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 hungrycop
3hungryhungryADJDegree=Posrootroot
4mostmostADJDegree=Sup5 daysamod
5daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur3 hungryobl:unmarked
6atatADP_7 schoolcase
7schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing3 hungryobl
8..PUNCT_3 hungrypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentMarleyschooldayhungry propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What should happen?

nsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhappenVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenshouldvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

He stops eating breakfast to make it last

nsubjamodobjmarkadvclobjxcomprootHePRONstopsVERBeatingVERBbreakfastNOUNtoPARTmakeVERBitPRONlastADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 stopsnsubj
2stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3eatingeatVERBVerbForm=Ger4 breakfastamod
4breakfastbreakfastNOUNNumber=Sing2 stopsobj
5totoPART_6 makemark
6makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf2 stopsadvcl
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 makeobj
8lastlastADJDegree=Pos6 makexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresentHeeating breakfastvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector breakfast=Eventuality
2eatgerundvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3maketo-infinitiveHe not said herebreakfastlast propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He tells a teacher

nsubjdetobjrootHePRONtellsVERBaDETteacherNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 tellsnsubj
2tellstellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 teacherdet
4teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing2 tellsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpresentHea teachervn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 3

He keeps it secret so Mum isn't embarrassed

nsubjobjxcompmarknsubjcopadvmodadvclrootHePRONkeepsVERBitPRONsecretADJsoSCONJMumNOUNisAUXn'tPARTembarrassedADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 keepsnsubj
2keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 keepsobj
4secretsecretADJDegree=Pos2 keepsxcomp
5sosoSCONJ_9 embarrassedmark
6MummumNOUNNumber=Sing9 embarrassednsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 embarrassedcop
8n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 embarrassedadvmod
9embarrassedembarrassedADJDegree=Pos2 keepsadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentHeitsecret propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2not ispresentMumembarrassed propertytree rules

Option 4

He takes food from other kids' lunchboxes

nsubjobjcaseamodnmod:posscaseoblrootHePRONtakesVERBfoodNOUNfromADPotherADJkidsNOUN'PARTlunchboxesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 takesnsubj
2takestakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing2 takesobj
4fromfromADP_8 lunchboxescase
5otherotherADJDegree=Pos6 kidsamod
6kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur8 lunchboxesnmod:poss
7''sPART_6 kidscase
8lunchboxeslunchboxNOUNNumber=Plur2 takesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepresentHefoodother kids's lunchboxesvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from lunchbox=Initial_Location

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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