Test 1 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people Max gets extra time on tests because reading is hard for him. Sara says it is not fair. What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, reading, Sara, best answer · What happens: get, be, say, not be · To what, where: tests · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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: Max gets extra time on tests because reading is hard for him.
nsubj amod obj case obl mark nsubj cop advcl case obl punct root Max PROPN gets VERB extra ADJ time NOUN on ADP tests NOUN because SCONJ reading NOUN is AUX hard ADJ for ADP him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 4 time amod 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 gets obj 5 on on ADP _ 6 tests case 6 tests test NOUN Number=Plur 2 gets obl 7 because because SCONJ _ 10 hard mark 8 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 10 hard nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 hard cop 10 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 2 gets advcl 11 for for ADP _ 12 him case 12 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hard obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 gets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present Max tests time vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on test=Source 2 is present reading for Max; hard property tree rules
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: Sara says it is not fair.
nsubj nsubj cop advmod ccomp punct root Sara PROPN says VERB it PRON is AUX not PART fair ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sara Sara PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 fair nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 fair cop 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 fair advmod 6 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Sara vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 not is present reading fair property tree rules
Sentence 3: What is the best answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT 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 answer det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer 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 best answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Sara is right, everyone must always have exactly the same time, whatever their needs
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop punct nsubj aux advmod conj advmod det amod obj punct parataxis nmod:poss nsubj root Sara PROPN is AUX right ADJ , PUNCT everyone PRON must AUX always ADV have VERB exactly ADV the DET same ADJ time NOUN , PUNCT whatever PRON their PRON needs NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sara Sara PROPN Number=Sing 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 have punct 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 have nsubj 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 have aux 7 always always ADV PronType=Tot 8 have advmod 8 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 right conj 9 exactly exactly ADV _ 12 time advmod 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 time det 11 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 12 time amod 12 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 have obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 whatever punct 14 whatever whatever PRON PronType=Rel 3 right parataxis 15 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 needs nmod:poss 16 needs need NOUN Number=Plur 14 whatever nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Sara right property tree rules 2 have must everyone time always property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 need their = they nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent
Option 2 It is fair only because the teacher likes him
expl cop advmod mark det nsubj advcl obj root It PRON is AUX fair ADJ only ADV because SCONJ the DET teacher NOUN likes VERB him PRON 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 fair expl 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fair cop 3 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 only only ADV _ 8 likes advmod 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 likes mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 teacher det 7 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 8 likes nsubj 8 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fair advcl 9 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 likes obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules 2 like present the teacher him = he vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
Option 3 It is unfair, but rules are rules
nsubj cop punct cc nsubj cop conj root It PRON is AUX unfair ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ rules NOUN are AUX rules NOUN 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 unfair nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair cop 3 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 unfair punct 5 but but CCONJ _ 8 rules cc 6 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 8 rules nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 rules cop 8 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 3 unfair conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It unfair property tree rules 2 is a present rules rules tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Fair means everyone gets a real chance, and extra time gives him one
nsubj nsubj ccomp det amod obj punct cc amod nsubj parataxis iobj obj root Fair ADJ means VERB everyone PRON gets VERB a DET real ADJ chance NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ extra ADJ time NOUN gives VERB him PRON one NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 gets nsubj 4 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means ccomp 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 chance det 6 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 7 chance amod 7 chance chance NOUN Number=Sing 4 gets obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 gives punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 gives cc 10 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 11 time amod 11 time time NOUN Number=Sing 12 gives nsubj 12 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means parataxis 13 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 gives iobj 14 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 gives obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Fair vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 get present everyone a real chance vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus 3 give present extra time one him = he vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient one=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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