Test 11 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

nobody plays w me at break since we moved

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobody, we · What happens: play, move · To what, where: break

This is test 11 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 plays	nsubj
2	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	4 me	case
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 plays	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 break	case
6	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plays	obl
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 moved	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 moved	nsubj
9	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 plays	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	nobody			break		with me	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with i=Co-Agent
2	move	past	we						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stay alone, nobody ever wants to play with new kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wants	punct
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 wants	nsubj
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 wants	advmod
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 kids	case
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kids	amod
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here		alone property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want	present	nobody	ever		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here		with new kids	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with kid=Co-Agent

Option 2

Wait till they come to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	till	till	SCONJ	_	4 come	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	present	they		you				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Try the buddy bench or join a club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bench	det
3	buddy	buddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bench	compound
4	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Try	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 join	cc
6	join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Try	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 club	det
8	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here	the buddy bench					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bench=Eventuality
2	join	infinitive	you not said here	a club					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

Option 4

Hide in the toilets at break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 toilets	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toilets	det
4	toilets	toilet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 break	case
6	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			the toilets		at break	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in toilet=Location

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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