Test 7 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school
Precious: «that's twice this week, he does it every day». What's the best thing to do now?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, he, best thing · What happens: be, do · To what, where: it
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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: Precious: «that's twice this week, he does it every day».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 does | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Precious | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 twice | punct |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 twice | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 twice | cop |
| 6 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Precious | conj |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 twice | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Precious | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 does | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 does | obj |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 does | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 day | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | that | week | twice property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | he | it | day | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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's the best thing to do now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 do | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | now | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Bring a gang to sort him out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gang | det |
| 3 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bring | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sort | mark |
| 5 | sort | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Bring | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sort | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 sort | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | imperative | you not said here | a gang | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gang=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sort out | to-infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
Stop going to school for a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 going | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | you not said here | school | week | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Wait for it to stop by itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 itself | case |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | it | by itself = it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher, it keeps happening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 keeps | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keeps | nsubj |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 7 | happening | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | teacher | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | happen | gerund | teacher not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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