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Test 9 · ★ · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent…

In a game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa." Where do you look first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hint, key, you · What happens: say, be, look · To what, where: game, rug · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» 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 game, the hint says "The key is under the rug behind the sofa."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hint	det
6	hint	hint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 rug	punct
9	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 key	det
10	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rug	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 rug	cop
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 rug	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rug	det
14	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
15	behind	behind	ADP	_	17 sofa	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sofa	det
17	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rug	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the hint			a game			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in game=Manner
2	is in a quote	present	the key			the rug		behind the sofa	tree rules

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: Where do you look first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 look	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 look	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	you					first property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

On top of the sofa, right above where the rug lies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	2 top	case
2	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lies	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sofa	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sofa	det
5	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 top	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 top	punct
7	right	right	ADV	_	12 lies	advmod
8	above	above	ADP	_	12 lies	case
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 lies	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rug	det
11	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lies	nsubj
12	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	the rug			top of the sofa		right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location

Option 2

Inside the sofa cushions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	4 cushions	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cushions	det
3	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cushions	compound
4	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Beneath the rug that is behind the sofa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	3 rug	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rug	det
3	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 behind	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 behind	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 behind	cop
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sofa	det
8	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 behind	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Behind the rug in front of the sofa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	3 rug	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rug	det
3	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 front	case
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rug	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sofa	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sofa	det
8	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 front	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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