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Test 1 · Boredom, excitement and pride

A boy in Leeds has nothing to do on a wet afternoon. Which plan is most creative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, plan · What happens: have, do, be · To what, where: nothing

This is test 1 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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: A boy in Leeds has nothing to do on a wet afternoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Leeds	case
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 has	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 nothing	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 afternoon	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 afternoon	det
11	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 afternoon	amod
12	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a boy in Leeds	nothing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
2	do	to-infinitive	a boy in Leeds not said here	nothing not said here			afternoon		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Which plan is most creative?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creative	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 creative	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 creative	advmod
5	creative	creative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 creative	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ask his mum what to do every ten minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 minutes	det
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 minutes	nummod
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		his mum				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive					minute		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 2

Sit at the window and wait for the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 window	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wait	cc
6	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			the window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here					for the sun	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Lie on the sofa and complain all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 sofa	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sofa	det
4	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 complain	cc
6	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Lie	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 complain	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	imperative	you not said here			the sofa			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sofa=Location
2	complain speech: other	present	you not said here				day		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Write and draw his own comic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 draw	cc
3	draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Write	conj
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 comic	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 comic	amod
6	comic	comic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	draw	infinitive	you not said here	his own comic					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=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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