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Test 7 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend

Sophie says it doesn't matter whether lemmings jump off cliffs. What's wise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, it, lemmings · What happens: say, not matter, jump off, be · To what, where: cliffs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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: Sophie says it doesn't matter whether lemmings jump off cliffs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 matter	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 matter	advmod
6	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 jump	mark
8	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 jump	nsubj
9	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	11 cliffs	case
11	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 jump	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Sophie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	jump off	present	lemmings	cliffs					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Trajectory

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 wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Make her sit and watch a whole film about lemmings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 watch	cc
5	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sit	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 film	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 film	amod
8	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 lemmings	case
10	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 film	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	her = she					tree rules
2	sit	infinitive	her = she not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	watch	infinitive	her = she not said here	a whole film				about lemmings	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme

Option 2

Tell her she's lazy for not caring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lazy	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 caring	mark
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 caring	advmod
8	caring	care	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 lazy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is	present	she					lazy property	tree rules
3	not care	gerund	she not said here						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Keep going until she admits it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 admits	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 admits	nsubj
5	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 admits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	admit speech: other	present	she	it					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Agree to drop it; it doesn't need a fight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 drop	mark
3	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Agree	xcomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drop	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 need	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 need	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 need	advmod
9	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Agree	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fight	det
11	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not need	present · do-support	it	a fight					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fight=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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