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Test 9 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

A classmate keeps asking for your snack every day. What is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate · What happens: keep, ask, be

This is test 9 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

Sentence 1: A classmate keeps asking for your snack every day.

detnsubjxcompcasenmod:possobldetobl:unmarkedpunctrootADETclassmateNOUNkeepsVERBaskingVERBforADPyourPRONsnackNOUNeveryDETdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 classmatedet
2classmateclassmateNOUNNumber=Sing3 keepsnsubj
3keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4askingaskVERBVerbForm=Ger3 keepsxcomp
5forforADP_7 snackcase
6youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 snacknmod:poss
7snacksnackNOUNNumber=Sing4 askingobl
8everyeveryDETPronType=Tot9 daydet
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 askingobl:unmarked
10..PUNCT_3 keepspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresenta classmatetree rules
2ask speech: askgerunda classmate not said heredayfor your snackvn inquire-37.1.2 «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: What is fair?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXfairADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 fairnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 faircop
3fairfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 fairpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfair propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

You must always give it, because sharing is good

nsubjauxadvmodobjpunctmarknsubjcopconjrootYouPRONmustAUXalwaysADVgiveVERBitPRON,PUNCTbecauseSCONJsharingNOUNisAUXgoodADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 givensubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 giveaux
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot4 giveadvmod
4givegiveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 giveobj
6,,PUNCT_10 goodpunct
7becausebecauseSCONJ_10 goodmark
8sharingsharingNOUNNumber=Sing10 goodnsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 goodcop
10goodgoodADJDegree=Pos4 giveconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givemustYouitalways propertyvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2ispresentsharinggood propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You can kindly say no, because you choose what to share

nsubjauxadvmoddiscoursepunctmarknsubjparataxisobjmarkxcomprootYouPRONcanAUXkindlyADVsayVERBnoINTJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJyouPRONchooseVERBwhatPRONtoPARTshareVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 saynsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 sayaux
3kindlykindlyADV_4 sayadvmod
4saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5nonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 saydiscourse
6,,PUNCT_9 choosepunct
7becausebecauseSCONJ_9 choosemark
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 choosensubj
9choosechooseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 sayparataxis
10whatwhatPRONPronType=Int12 shareobj
11totoPART_12 sharemark
12shareshareVERBVerbForm=Inf9 choosexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertcanYoukindly propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2choosepresentyoutree rules
3shareto-infinitiveyou not said heretree rules

Option 3

You should hide your snack at the bottom of your bag every day

nsubjauxnmod:possobjcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmoddetobl:unmarkedrootYouPRONshouldAUXhideVERByourPRONsnackNOUNatADPtheDETbottomNOUNofADPyourPRONbagNOUNeveryDETdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 hidensubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 hideaux
3hidehideVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 snacknmod:poss
5snacksnackNOUNNumber=Sing3 hideobj
6atatADP_8 bottomcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 bottomdet
8bottombottomNOUNNumber=Sing3 hideobl
9ofofADP_11 bagcase
10youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 bagnmod:poss
11bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing8 bottomnmod
12everyeveryDETPronType=Tot13 daydet
13daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 hideobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hideshouldYouyour snackthe bottom of your bagdayvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent snack=Patient at bottom=Location

Option 4

You should tell the whole class that he begs

nsubjauxdetamodobjmarknsubjadvclrootYouPRONshouldAUXtellVERBtheDETwholeADJclassNOUNthatSCONJhePRONbegsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 tellnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 tellaux
3telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 classdet
5wholewholeADJDegree=Pos6 classamod
6classclassNOUNNumber=Sing3 tellobj
7thatthatSCONJ_9 begsmark
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 begsnsubj
9begsbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 telladvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertshouldYouthe whole classvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2beg speech: requestpresenthevn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: 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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