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Test 2 · ★★ · Idioms taken literally

Ruby's little bro cries "Mum wants Ruby to get HURT!" What would you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bro, Mum, Ruby, you · What happens: cry, want, hurt, tell · To what, where: Ruby · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Idioms taken literally» of the language 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: Ruby's little bro cries "Mum wants Ruby to get HURT!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bro	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ruby	case
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bro	amod
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cries	nsubj
5	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 wants	punct
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	nsubj
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cries	ccomp
9	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wants	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 HURT	mark
11	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 HURT	aux:pass
12	HURT	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 wants	xcomp
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 wants	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 cries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	Ruby's little bro						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want in a quote	present	Mum	Ruby					tree rules
3	hurt not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	Ruby not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

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 would you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	would	you		Ruby				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It means "dance faster"

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 dance	punct
4	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 dance	advmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 dance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dance in a quote	infinitive						fast property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He's right, Mum is cross about the school play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	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	_	7 cross	punct
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cross	cop
7	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	parataxis
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 play	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 play	det
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 play	compound
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	Mum					about the school play; cross property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

In theatre "break a leg" means good luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 theatre	case
2	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 break	punct
4	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 theatre	appos
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 leg	det
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 break	punct
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 luck	amod
10	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break in a quote	infinitive		a leg					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient
2	mean	present	theatre	good luck					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Topic

Option 4

It's about a broken chair

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	6 chair	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chair	cop
3	about	about	ADV	_	6 chair	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chair	det
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chair	amod
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	It	a broken chair				about property	tree rules

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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