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Test 3 · ★★ · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

«Lachlan's spoilt rotten, he's got every console». What changed the picture?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lachlan · What happens: spoil, get, change · To what, where: console, picture

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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: «Lachlan's spoilt rotten, he's got every console».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 spoilt	punct
2	Lachlan	Lachlan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spoilt	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Lachlan	case
4	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spoilt	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 got	aux
9	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 spoilt	parataxis
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 console	det
11	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoilt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil in a quote	participle						rotten property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	get in a quote	present · passive	Lachlan	every console					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer console=Stimulus

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 changed the picture?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 picture	det
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past		the picture					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient

The options

Option 1

He sold every console he had to buy a scooter

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 console	det
4	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sold	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 buy	mark
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 had	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 scooter	det
10	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	every console					tree rules
2	have	past	he						tree rules
3	buy	to-infinitive	he not said here	a scooter					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scooter=Theme

Option 2

He started bragging even more at school

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 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bragging	brag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 started	xcomp
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 more	advmod
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 bragging	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bragging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	He						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	brag speech: other	gerund	He not said here			school			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He hid the consoles under his bed from his mates

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consoles	det
4	consoles	console	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bed	nmod:poss
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 mates	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mates	nmod:poss
10	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	the consoles		his bed		from his mates	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent console=Patient from mate=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He shared, and sharing is the opposite of spoilt

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 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 opposite	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 opposite	cc
5	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opposite	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 opposite	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 opposite	det
8	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 spoilt	case
10	spoilt	spoilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opposite	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	He						tree rules
2	is a	present	sharing	the opposite				of spoilt	tree 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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