Test 3 · ★ · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult
Hester's mate says, «just sign it yourself every time, they'll never know lol». Why is that a bad plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, they · What happens: say, sign, not know, be · To what, where: mate, bad plan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Hester's mate says, «just sign it yourself every time, they'll never know lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hester | Hester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Hester | 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 sign | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 sign | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 sign | advmod |
| 8 | sign | sign | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sign | obj |
| 10 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 sign | obl |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sign | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 know | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 know | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 know | aux |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 know | advmod |
| 17 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 18 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 17 know | discourse |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 know | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Hester's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sign in a quote | infinitive | mate | time | yourself obl | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | |||
| 3 | not know in a quote | future | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Why is that a bad plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 plan | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 plan | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 plan | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 plan | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 plan | amod |
| 6 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 plan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bad plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It keeps Hester alone with the problem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Hester | Hester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 keeps | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 problem | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 problem | det |
| 7 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | Hester | with the problem; alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hester=Theme |
Option 2
Teachers can read minds about forms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 read | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | aux |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 read | obj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 forms | case |
| 6 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | can | Teachers | minds | about forms | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic |
Option 3
It's fine, nothing bad ever comes of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 nothing | punct |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 fine | parataxis |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nothing | amod |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 comes | advmod |
| 8 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nothing | acl:relcl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come | present | ever | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Forms don't really need signing anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 need | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 need | advmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | signing | sign | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 need | xcomp |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 6 signing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · do-support | Forms | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sign not said to happen | gerund | Forms not said here | anyway property | vn image_impression-25.1 «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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