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Test 4 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

Your mate says, "Shut up, a desert's hot and sandy, that's what the word means." How do you argue wisely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, that, word, you · What happens: say, shut up, be, mean, argue · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Your mate says, "Shut up, a desert's hot and sandy, that's what the word means."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Shut	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Shut	punct
6	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 Shut	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hot	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 desert	det
10	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hot	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 desert	case
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Shut	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sandy	cc
14	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hot	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 what	punct
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 what	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 what	cop
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 says	obl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 word	det
20	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 means	nsubj
21	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 what	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shut up in a quote	participle							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	that						tree rules
4	mean in a quote	present	the word						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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: How do you argue wisely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 argue	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 argue	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 argue	nsubj
4	argue	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	4 argue	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 argue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present · do-support	you					wisely property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shout until he gives in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 gives	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give in	present	he						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Agree with him to keep the peace, even though it's wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Agree	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Agree	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 peace	det
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wrong	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	13 wrong	advmod
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 wrong	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wrong	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wrong	cop
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Agree	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here					with him = he	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	the peace					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme
3	is	present	peace					wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

Tell him he's thick and walk off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thick	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thick	cop
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walk	cc
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walk	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	present	he					thick property	tree rules
3	walk off	infinitive	you not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Look up the meaning together: little rain or snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Look	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	1 Look	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 rain	punct
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rain	amod
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 snow	cc
10	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look up	imperative	you not said here	the meaning				little rain or snow obl; together property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meaning=Attribute

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