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Test 3 · Manners and kindness

Two children both want the last free swing. What is the fairest way?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two children, fairest way · What happens: want, be · To what, where: last free swing

This is test 3 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: Two children both want the last free swing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 children	nummod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	nsubj
3	both	both	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 swing	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 swing	amod
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 swing	amod
8	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 want	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Two children	the last free swing				both property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot swing=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 is the fairest way?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fairest way						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nobody gets it, so the swing stays empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gets	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stays	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 stays	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 swing	det
7	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
9	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Nobody	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	stay	present	the swing					empty property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The older child gets it for being older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 older	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 older	cop
8	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the older child	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is	gerund						old property	tree rules

Option 3

The faster runner keeps it for the whole break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 runner	det
2	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 runner	amod
3	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keeps	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 break	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 break	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 break	amod
9	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the faster runner	it				for the whole break	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Take turns, each swinging for the same count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 swinging	punct
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 swinging	nsubj
5	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Take	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 count	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 count	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 count	amod
9	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swinging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	turns					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
2	swing	gerund	each					for the same count	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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