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Test 6 · Verbs: doing words and being words

In a video game, the hero only "does" things: run, jump, hit. A gamer says "thinking ain't a verb cos you can't see it." Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, things, gamer, you, that · What happens: do, run, jump, hit, say, think · To what, where: things, video game, ai · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» 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: In a video game, the hero only "does" things: run, jump, hit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
3	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 game	compound
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 game	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hero	det
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 does	advmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 does	punct
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 does	punct
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 does	obj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 run	punct
14	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 things	acl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 jump	punct
16	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 run	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hit	punct
18	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 run	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	the hero	things		a video game			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
2	run	infinitive	things not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	jump	infinitive	things not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hit	infinitive	things not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP 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.

Sentence 2: A gamer says "thinking ain't a verb cos you can't see it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gamer	det
2	gamer	gamer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 thinking	punct
5	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 says	ccomp
6	ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thinking	obj
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 verb	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 verb	det
9	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thinking	obl
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 see	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 see	nsubj
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thinking	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a gamer						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other in a quote	gerund		ai				a verb obl	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ai=Theme
3	not see in a quote	can	you	ai					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Is that right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, verbs must be visible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 visible	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	verbs	verb	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 visible	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 visible	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 visible	cop
6	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	verbs					visible property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, think is a noun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 noun	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 noun	det
6	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a noun					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, think is a mental verb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 verb	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 verb	det
6	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 verb	amod
7	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a mental verb					tree rules

Option 4

No, think is an adjective

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 adjective	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adjective	det
6	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a adjective					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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