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Test 4 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coat. What's the wisest move?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nan, wisest move · What happens: not believe, keep, nag, be · To what, where: you

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 believe	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 believe	advmod
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 believe	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 viruses	case
7	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 believe	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keeps	cc
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	conj
10	nagging	nag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 keeps	xcomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 coat	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 coat	nmod:poss
13	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nagging	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	future	Nan	you				about viruses	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
2	keep	present	Nan not said here						tree rules
3	nag	gerund	Nan not said here					about your coat	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: 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: What's the wisest 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	wisest	wise	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 wisest move						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Shout that she's been wrong for fifty years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 wrong	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrong	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	cop
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shout	advcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wrong	obl

#	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	is	present	she				year	wrong property	tree rules

Option 2

Go out without it to prove your point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 prove	mark
6	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 point	nmod:poss
8	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	imperative	you not said here					without it; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prove	to-infinitive	you not said here	your point					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme
3	point		your						nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Refuse to wear it until she admits she's wrong

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 wear	mark
3	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wear	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 admits	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 admits	nsubj
7	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Refuse	advcl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wrong	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 admits	ccomp

#	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 wear	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	admit speech: other	present	she						vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	she					wrong property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wear the coat, it's cosy, and gently say the cold itself is a virus

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 virus	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coat	det
3	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wear	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cosy	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cosy	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cosy	cop
7	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wear	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 say	cc
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	11 say	advmod
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cold	det
13	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obj
14	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	13 cold	nmod:unmarked
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 virus	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 virus	det
17	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	infinitive		the coat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
2	is	present	coat					cosy property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	infinitive		the cold coat				gently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cold=Topic
4	is a	present		a virus					tree rules

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