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Test 3 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

Rian's mate says, «Just go down and tell 'em to shut it, bro». What is wiser, when it's calm later?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, bro · What happens: say, go down, tell, shut, be · To what, where: 'em, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» 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: Rian's mate says, «Just go down and tell 'em to shut it, bro».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rian	Rian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Rian	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
7	Just	just	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 go	conj
12	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tell	iobj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 shut	mark
14	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tell	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 shut	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bro	punct
17	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shut	vocative
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Rian's mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go down in a quote	infinitive						down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			'em = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
4	shut not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive		mate				bro vocative	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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 is wiser, when it's calm later?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wiser	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wiser	cop
3	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 calm	punct
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 calm	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 calm	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 calm	cop
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wiser	conj
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 calm	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wiser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules
2	is	present	bro					calm, late property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell the whole class what happens at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 happens	nsubj
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic
2	happen	present				home			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 2

Hide in the shed every night until they stop rowing for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 shed	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shed	det
4	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl:unmarked
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 stop	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stop	nsubj
9	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl
10	rowing	row	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stop	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 good	case
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			the shed	night		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shed=Location
2	stop	present	they						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	row	gerund	they not said here					for good	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Go down mid-row and shout louder than them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	mid-row	mid-row	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	vocative
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shout	cc
5	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
6	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 shout	parataxis
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 louder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	imperative	you not said here					mid-row vocative; down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	shout speech: express	infinitive	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Ask a parent «Are you okay?» or talk to a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 okay	punct
5	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 okay	cop
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 okay	nsubj
7	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 okay	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 okay	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 talk	cc
11	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 teacher	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 teacher	det
14	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a parent				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	is in a quote	present	a parent = parent					okay property	tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	you not said here					to a teacher	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-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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