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Test 10 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

«Mairead's mam called her a great wee help, so she should always mind the boys». What's missing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mam · What happens: call, mind, be · To what, where: Mairead, boys · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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: «Mairead's mam called her a great wee help, so she should always mind the boys».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct
2	Mairead	Mairead	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mam	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mairead	case
4	mam	mam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 help	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 help	amod
9	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 help	amod
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mind	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 mind	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 mind	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 mind	aux
15	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 mind	advmod
16	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 boys	det
18	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 mind	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 mind	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	past	Mairead's mam		Mairead				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	mind in a quote	should	mam	the boys				always property	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

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's missing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 missing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 missing	cop
3	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 missing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						missing property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Being praised means she must always say yes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 praised	aux:pass
2	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	csubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	gerund · passive							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»
2	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert	must	she					always property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Missing out can be unfair; she can say it matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 unfair	csubj
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Missing	compound:prt
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 unfair	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 unfair	cop
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unfair	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 matters	nsubj
11	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss out	gerund							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	can	Missing					unfair property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	can	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	matter	present	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Nothing; praise means it's always fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 praise	compound
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fair	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fair	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 fair	advmod
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nothing praise						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	praise					always, fair property	tree rules

Option 4

She should be paid by her mam every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 paid	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 paid	aux:pass
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mam	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mam	nmod:poss
7	mam	mam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	should · passive	her mam	She			time		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

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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