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Test 2 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

"Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold. Is that a thing?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, I · What happens: say, sit, catch, be · To what, where: cold · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» 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: "Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
3	literally	literally	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 sit	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 sit	nsubj
7	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 window	amod
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sit	obl
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 catch	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 catch	aux
14	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sit	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cold	det
16	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 catch	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Mum					literally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sit a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	I					by the open window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location
3	catch in a quote	future	I	a cold					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=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: Is that a thing?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thing	cop
2	that	that	ADP	_	4 thing	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thing	det
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, but only after dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 dark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 dark	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 dark	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 dark	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Feeling chilly won't give you one, a virus from someone will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 give	csubj
2	chilly	chilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Feeling	xcomp
3	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 give	advmod
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 will	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 give	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 virus	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 virus	det
10	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 virus	nmod
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund						chilly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not give	future	Feeling	one	you			a virus from someone obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient one=Theme

Option 3

Only if the window faces north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 faces	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 faces	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 faces	nsubj
5	faces	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	north	north	ADV	_	5 faces	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	the window					north property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, cold draughts carry colds in from outside through the gaps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 carry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carry	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 draughts	amod
4	draughts	draught	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	nsubj
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obj
7	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 outside	case
8	from	from	ADP	_	7 in	fixed
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 carry	obl
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 gaps	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gaps	det
12	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	cold draughts	colds		the gaps			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cold=Value in outside=Location

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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