Test 11 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no
got 3 out of 20 on the spelling, im just thick
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get · To what, where: 3, 20
This is test 11 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 got | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 20 | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 20 | case |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 3 | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 spelling | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 spelling | det |
| 8 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 got | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 im | punct |
| 10 | im | im | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spelling | conj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 thick | advmod |
| 12 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 im | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | 3 | 20 | on the spelling and im | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent 3=Theme on spelling=Source |
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
Yes, some people cannot learn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 learn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 learn | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 learn | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 learn | advmod |
| 7 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | can | some people | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, one bad mark shows who you really are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 shows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 mark | nummod |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mark | amod |
| 5 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 who | nsubj |
| 9 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 who | advmod |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 who | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | one bad mark | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | you | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, so stop trying spelling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 stop | advmod |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | try | gerund | you not said here | spelling | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, look at what you missed and ask for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 look | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 what | case |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 look | obl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 missed | nsubj |
| 7 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ask | cc |
| 9 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 look | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 help | case |
| 11 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at what=Theme | |||||
| 2 | miss | past | you | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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