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Test 9 · ★ · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

Grandad tells his clouds-bumping story with a big smile. How do you argue wisely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, you · What happens: tell, bump, cloud, argue · To what, where: clouds, story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» 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: Grandad tells his clouds-bumping story with a big smile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 clouds	nmod:poss
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tells	obj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 clouds	punct
6	bumping	bump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 tells	ccomp
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bumping	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 smile	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 smile	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 smile	amod
11	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bumping	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Grandad	Grandad's clouds					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cloud=Recipient clause=Topic
2	bump	gerund		story				with a big smile	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent story=Patient with smile=Instrument
3	cloud		Grandad						nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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

Tell him he's too old to know science

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	6 old	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 old	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 old	advmod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 old	csubj
9	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	obj

#	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					old property	tree rules
3	know	to-infinitive		science					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer science=Stimulus

Option 2

Refuse to listen to his stories any more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 listen	mark
3	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 stories	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stories	nmod:poss
6	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 listen	obl
7	any	any	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 listen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not listen	to-infinitive	you not said here					to his stories	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say it's a lovely picture, then share the real reason kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 picture	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 picture	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 picture	det
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 picture	amod
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 share	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 share	advmod
9	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reason	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reason	amod
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	obj
13	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	9 share	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a lovely picture					tree rules
3	share	infinitive	you not said here	the real reason			then	kindly property	tree rules

Option 4

Pretend to agree with him, and then laugh at him later with friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 agree	mark
3	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 agree	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 laugh	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 laugh	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 laugh	advmod
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 laugh	obl
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 laugh	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 friends	case
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive						with him = he	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
2	laugh	infinitive					then	at him = he; with friends; late property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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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