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Test 7 · The World Cup

Siobhan whispers all day to save her voice. Better plan?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Siobhan · What happens: whisper, save · To what, where: voice

This is test 7 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» of the medicine 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: Siobhan whispers all day to save her voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Siobhan	Siobhan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 whispers	nsubj
2	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispers	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	PART	_	6 save	mark
6	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 whispers	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 voice	nmod:poss
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 save	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	Siobhan				day		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	save	to-infinitive	Siobhan not said here	Siobhan's voice					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=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: Better plan?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 plan	amod
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 plan	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Eat salty crisps to soothe the throat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crisps	amod
3	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eat	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 soothe	mark
5	soothe	soothe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Eat	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 throat	det
7	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soothe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here	salty crisps					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient
2	soothe	to-infinitive	you not said here	the throat					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus throat=Experiencer

Option 2

Shout loudly to stretch the cords back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stretch	mark
4	stretch	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cords	det
6	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stretch	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 stretch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stretch back	to-infinitive	you not said here	the cords					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cord=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Rest the voice and sip water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 voice	det
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rest	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sip	cc
5	sip	sip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Rest	conj
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	imperative	you not said here	the voice					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location voice=Theme
2	sip	infinitive	you not said here	water					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

Whisper even more to keep it working

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
2	even	even	ADV	_	3 more	advmod
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 keep	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	obj
7	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive	Whisper	it					tree rules
2	work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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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