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Test 3 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone

Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks. Which clue in the story shows otherwise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Otto, Dad, clue · What happens: think, not care, speak, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» 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: Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Otto	Otto	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 care	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 care	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 care	advmod
6	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thinks	ccomp
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 speaks	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 speaks	nsubj
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	10 speaks	advmod
10	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 care	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Otto						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not care	present · do-support	Dad						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	speak speech: other	present	Dad					hardly property	vn talk-37.5 «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: Which clue in the story shows otherwise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 clue	det
2	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 story	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clue	nmod
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	6 shows	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	which clue in the story					otherwise property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

He talks to Otto for hours on end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talks	nsubj
2	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Otto	case
4	Otto	Otto	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 talks	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 hours	case
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 talks	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 end	case
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	He		Otto		on end; hour		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to otto=Co-Agent

Option 2

He gives Otto a big hug every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Otto	Otto	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gives	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hug	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hug	amod
6	hug	hug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	He	a big hug	Otto		night		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent otto=Recipient hug=Theme

Option 3

He buys Otto lots of new toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buys	nsubj
2	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Otto	Otto	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lots	compound
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 buys	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 toys	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 toys	amod
7	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present	He	Otto lots of new toys					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Every Sunday he takes Otto fishing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 Sunday	det
2	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obl:unmarked
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Otto	Otto	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fishing	compound
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	he	Otto fishing			sunday		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fishing=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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