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Test 7 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

"Me nan swears by chicken soup. Should I tell her it's a myth?" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Me nan, I · What happens: swear, tell, be · To what, where: nan, myth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: "Me nan swears by chicken soup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 swears	punct
2	Me	me	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nan	amod
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swears	nsubj
4	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 soup	case
6	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soup	compound
7	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swears	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear in a quote	present	Me nan					by chicken soup	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that 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: Should I tell her it's a myth?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 tell	nsubj
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	iobj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 myth	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 myth	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 myth	det
8	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	parataxis
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 tell	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	I		nan				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is a	present		a myth					tree rules

Sentence 3: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yes, tell her straight away it's useless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	iobj
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 tell	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 useless	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 useless	cop
9	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tell	ccomp

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

Option 2

Pour it away so she learns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pour	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Pour	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 learns	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pour	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour away	imperative	you not said here	it				away property	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	learn	present	she						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Just thank her, soup soothes you and kindness needn't be corrected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 thank	advmod
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 soothes	punct
5	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soothes	nsubj
6	soothes	soothe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thank	advcl:relcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kindness	cc
9	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 you	conj
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soothes	ccomp
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 corrected	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 corrected	aux:pass
13	corrected	correct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	soothe	present	soup						tree rules
3	need	present	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	not correct speech: disagree not said to happen	infinitive · passive	you not said here						vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»

Option 4

Tell her only vitamin tablets work

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	only	only	ADV	_	5 tablets	advmod
4	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tablets	compound
5	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 work	nsubj
6	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp

#	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 S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	work	present	vitamin tablets						vn employment-95.3 «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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