Test 1 · ★ · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult
«my dad's just lazy, he's been in bed since Sunday, can't be arsed». What might really be going on?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be, not arse, go on · To what, where: bed
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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: «my dad's just lazy, he's been in bed since Sunday, can't be arsed».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 lazy | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lazy | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dad | case |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 lazy | advmod |
| 6 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bed | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bed | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bed | cop |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 bed | cop |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 bed | case |
| 12 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lazy | conj |
| 13 | since | since | ADP | _ | 14 Sunday | case |
| 14 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 bed | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 arsed | punct |
| 16 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 arsed | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 arsed | advmod |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 arsed | aux:pass |
| 19 | arsed | arse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lazy | parataxis |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 arsed | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lazy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | dad | bed | sunday | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not arse in a quote | can · passive | tree 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: What might really be going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 going | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 going | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 going | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | might · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
He is definitely just lazy, nothing more
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 | 5 lazy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lazy | cop |
| 3 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 5 lazy | advmod |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 lazy | advmod |
| 5 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 nothing | punct |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 lazy | conj |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 nothing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | definitely, lazy property | tree rules |
Option 2
He's waiting for Jem to make him get up
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 | 3 waiting | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 waiting | aux |
| 3 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Jem | case |
| 5 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 waiting | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 waiting | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 make | xcomp |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 get | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present · progressive | He | for Jem | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | He not said here | Jem | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get up | infinitive | Jem not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He may have depression, an illness
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 | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | depression | depression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 illness | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 illness | det |
| 7 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 depression | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | may | He | depression | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depression=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He is training to sleep for a world record
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 | 3 training | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 training | aux |
| 3 | training | train | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sleep | mark |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 training | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 record | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 record | det |
| 8 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 record | compound |
| 9 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present · progressive | He | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | sleep | to-infinitive | He not said here | for a world record | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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