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Test 1 · Manners and kindness

In a library in Dublin, a girl needs to get past a man reading at a shelf. What does she say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, man · What happens: need, get, read, say · To what, where: library, shelf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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: In a library in Dublin, a girl needs to get past a man reading at a shelf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 library	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 library	det
3	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	obl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Dublin	case
5	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 library	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 library	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	nsubj
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 needs	xcomp
12	past	past	ADP	_	14 man	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 man	det
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
15	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 man	acl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 shelf	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 shelf	det
18	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reading	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a girl			a library in Dublin			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	a girl not said here					past a man	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past man=Destination
3	read	gerund	a man not said here			a shelf			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at shelf=Value

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 does she say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	girl						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Hey, you are standing in my way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hey	hey	INTJ	_	5 standing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hey	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 standing	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 standing	aux
5	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 way	nmod:poss
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present · progressive	you			my way			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location

Option 2

Nothing, she just squeezes past him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 squeezes	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 squeezes	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 squeezes	advmod
5	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 squeezes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	present	Nothing					past him = he	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent past he=Trajectory

Option 3

Move, I need to get past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Move	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
7	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	I					Move vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here					past property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Excuse me, please

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Excuse	excuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Excuse	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Excuse	punct
4	please	please	INTJ	_	1 Excuse	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excuse	imperative	you not said here	me					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

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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