Test 1 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no
«Don't be nesh, someone jumped here yesterday». Why doesn't yesterday count?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, someone · What happens: not be, jump, not count
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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: «Don't be nesh, someone jumped here yesterday».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 nesh | punct |
| 2 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 nesh | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 nesh | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 nesh | cop |
| 5 | nesh | nesh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 jumped | punct |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 jumped | nsubj |
| 8 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nesh | parataxis |
| 9 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 jumped | advmod |
| 10 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jumped | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 jumped | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 nesh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | imperative · do-support | you not said here | nesh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | jump in a quote | past | someone | here | yesterday | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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: Why doesn't yesterday count?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 count | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 count | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 count | advmod |
| 4 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 count | compound |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Piers grow taller overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piers | pier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 grow | xcomp |
| 4 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 2 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Piers | overnight, tall property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The tide has changed and so has the depth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tide | det |
| 2 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changed | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 changed | aux |
| 4 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 has | cc |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 has | advmod |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 changed | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 depth | det |
| 9 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present · perfect | the tide | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have | present | the tide not said here | the depth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depth=Patient |
Option 3
Jumpers get luckier each day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | luckier | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Jumpers | day | lucky property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yesterday the water was softer and kinder to land in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yesterday | Yesterday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 water | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 softer | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 softer | cop |
| 5 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 kinder | cc |
| 7 | kinder | kind | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 softer | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 land | mark |
| 9 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 softer | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Yesterday water | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the Yesterday water not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | land | to-infinitive | the Yesterday water not said here | vn pocket-9.10-1 «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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