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Test 8 · ★★ · Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad

Leo-Ray burnt the toast and everyone laughed. What's the smartest move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, everyone, smartest move · What happens: burnt, laugh, be · To what, where: toast

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 491 «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad» 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: Leo-Ray burnt the toast and everyone laughed.

nsubjpunctflatdetobjccnsubjconjpunctrootLeoPROPN-PUNCTRayPROPNburntVERBtheDETtoastNOUNandCCONJeveryonePRONlaughedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeoLeoPROPNNumber=Sing4 burntnsubj
2--PUNCT_1 Leopunct
3RayRayPROPNNumber=Sing1 Leoflat
4burntburntVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 toastdet
6toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing4 burntobj
7andandCCONJ_9 laughedcc
8everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot9 laughednsubj
9laughedlaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 burntconj
10..PUNCT_4 burntpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1burntpastLeothe toasttree rules
2laughpasteveryonevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 smartest move?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETsmartestADJmoveNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 movedet
4smartestsmartADJDegree=Sup5 moveamod
5movemoveNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe smartest movetree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Storm off and phone his driver

compound:prtccconjnmod:possobjrootStormVERBoffADPandCCONJphoneVERBhisPRONdriverNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StormstormVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2offoffADP_1 Stormcompound:prt
3andandCCONJ_4 phonecc
4phonephoneVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Stormconj
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 drivernmod:poss
6driverdriverNOUNNumber=Sing4 phoneobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1storm offimperativeyou not said herevn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
2phoneinfinitiveyou not said herehis drivervn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient

Option 2

Never go to a sleepover again

advmodcasedetobladvmodrootNeverADVgoVERBtoADPaDETsleepoverNOUNagainADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeverneverADVPronType=Neg2 goadvmod
2gogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_5 sleepovercase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 sleepoverdet
5sleepoversleepoverNOUNNumber=Sing2 goobl
6againagainADV_2 goadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not goimperativeyou not said herea sleepoveragainvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleepover=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Laugh too and ask to be shown how

advmodccconjmarkaux:passccompadvmodrootLaughVERBtooADVandCCONJaskVERBtoPARTbeAUXshownVERBhowADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaughlaughVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2tootooADV_1 Laughadvmod
3andandCCONJ_4 askcc
4askaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Laughconj
5totoPART_7 shownmark
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 shownaux:pass
7shownshowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 askccomp
8howhowADVPronType=Int7 shownadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughimperativeyou not said herevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ask speech: askinfinitiveyou not said herevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3show not said to happento-infinitive · passivevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

Say toast is for poor people

nsubjcopcaseamodccomprootSayVERBtoastNOUNisAUXforADPpoorADJpeopleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing6 peoplensubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 peoplecop
4forforADP_6 peoplecase
5poorpoorADJDegree=Pos6 peopleamod
6peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur1 Sayccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2ispresenttoastfor poor peopletree 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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