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Test 11 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

The Weekly Wonder says eggs stand up only on 20 March. What's the smartest move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Weekly Wonder, eggs, smartest move · What happens: say, stand up, be · To what, where: 20 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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: The Weekly Wonder says eggs stand up only on 20 March.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wonder	det
2	Weekly	weekly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Wonder	amod
3	Wonder	Wonder	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stand	nsubj
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stand	compound:prt
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 20	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 20	case
10	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 stand	obl
11	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 20	nmod:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Weekly Wonder						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stand up	infinitive	eggs			20 March			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on 20=Location

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: What's the smartest move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 move	det
4	smartest	smart	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the smartest move						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wait till March before believing anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	till	till	ADP	_	3 March	case
3	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 believing	mark
5	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 believing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				march		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	believe	gerund	you not said here	anything					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 2

Ask a friend who heard it too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 heard	nsubj
5	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 friend	acl:relcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 heard	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	5 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	hear	past	a friend	friend					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Try to balance one today and see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 balance	mark
3	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Try	xcomp
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 balance	obj
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balance	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 see	cc
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 balance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	balance not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	one			today		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme
3	see	infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Trust it, newspapers are always right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Trust	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 right	punct
4	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 right	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 right	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 right	advmod
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Trust	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	imperative	you not said here	it					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	newspapers					always, right property	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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