Test 3 · ★ · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla…
A Gen Z cousin texts "omw" ("on my way") and her mum replies "is that a question?" Is it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z cousin, mum, omw · What happens: text, reply, be · To what, where: omw, question · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» 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: A Gen Z cousin texts "omw" ("on my way") and her mum replies "is that a question?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cousin | det |
| 2 | Gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Z | compound |
| 3 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | compound |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 texts | nsubj |
| 5 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 question | csubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 omw | punct |
| 7 | omw | omw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 texts | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 omw | punct |
| 9 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 way | case |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 way | nmod:poss |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 omw | appos |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 replies | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 mum | nmod:poss |
| 18 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 replies | nsubj |
| 19 | replies | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 texts | conj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 replies | punct |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 question | cop |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 question | mark |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 question | det |
| 24 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 24 question | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | a Z cousin | omw | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: ask | present | cousin's mum | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | be speech: other in a quote | present | a question | 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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | omw | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, every text message counts as a question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 counts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 message | det |
| 4 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 message | compound |
| 5 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counts | nsubj |
| 6 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 question | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 question | det |
| 9 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | every text message | as a question | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as question=Attribute |
Option 2
No, it's a command to come
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 command | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 command | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 command | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 command | det |
| 6 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 come | mark |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 command | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a command | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it asks if she should come
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 asks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 come | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 come | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 come | aux |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come a condition, not said to happen | should | she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a statement telling her she's coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 statement | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 statement | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 statement | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 statement | det |
| 6 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 statement | acl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 telling | iobj |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 coming | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 coming | aux |
| 11 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 telling | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a statement | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | a statement not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | come | present · progressive | she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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