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Test 7 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone." What is the better order?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, me, better order · What happens: check, let, forward, be · To what, where: it, Johannesburg, me, everyone

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics 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: In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone."

caseoblpunctpunctnsubjauxobjadvmodadvmodpunctccadvmodconjobjxcompobjcaseoblpunctpunctrootInADPJohannesburgPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTIPRON'llAUXcheckVERBitPRONnowADVnowADV,PUNCTbutCCONJfirstADVletVERBmePRONforwardVERBitPRONtoADPeveryonePRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_2 Johannesburgcase
2JohannesburgJohannesburgPROPNNumber=Sing7 checkobl
3::PUNCT_2 Johannesburgpunct
4""PUNCT_7 checkpunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 checknsubj
6'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin7 checkaux
7checkcheckVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 checkobj
9nownowADVPronType=Dem7 checkadvmod
10nownowADVPronType=Dem7 checkadvmod
11,,PUNCT_14 letpunct
12butbutCCONJ_14 letcc
13firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord14 letadvmod
14letletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin7 checkconj
15meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 letobj
16forwardforwardVERBVerbForm=Inf14 letxcomp
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 forwardobj
18totoADP_19 everyonecase
19everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot16 forwardobl
20..PUNCT_7 checkpunct
21""PUNCT_7 checkpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1check in a quotefutureIitJohannesburgnow; nowvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2let in a quoteinfinitiveI not said heremefirst propertytree rules
3forward in a quoteinfinitiveme not said hereiteveryonevn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to everyone=Destination

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 is the better order?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETbetterADJorderNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 orderdet
4bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp5 orderamod
5orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe better ordertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Check only if someone complains

advmodmarknsubjadvclrootCheckVERBonlyADVifSCONJsomeonePRONcomplainsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CheckcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2onlyonlyADV_1 Checkadvmod
3ififSCONJ_5 complainsmark
4someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind5 complainsnsubj
5complainscomplainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Checkadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkimperativeyou not said herevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2complain speech: other a condition, not said to happenpresentsomeonevn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Check first, then decide whether to share

advmodpunctadvmodparataxismarkmarkxcomprootCheckVERBfirstADV,PUNCTthenADVdecideVERBwhetherSCONJtoPARTshareVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CheckcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord1 Checkadvmod
3,,PUNCT_5 decidepunct
4thenthenADVPronType=Dem5 decideadvmod
5decidedecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Checkparataxis
6whetherwhetherSCONJ_8 sharemark
7totoPART_8 sharemark
8shareshareVERBVerbForm=Inf5 decidexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkimperativeyou not said herefirst propertyvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2decidepresentthenvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3share not said to happento-infinitivetree rules

Option 3

Forward it and never check

objccadvmodconjrootForwardVERBitPRONandCCONJneverADVcheckVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ForwardforwardVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Forwardobj
3andandCCONJ_5 checkcc
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 checkadvmod
5checkcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Forwardconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forwardimperativeyou not said hereitvn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2not checkinfinitiveyou not said herevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Forward first, then check later

advmodadvmodpunctadvmodadvmodrootForwardADVfirstADV,PUNCTthenADVcheckVERBlaterADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ForwardforwardADV_5 checkadvmod
2firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord1 Forwardadvmod
3,,PUNCT_1 Forwardpunct
4thenthenADVPronType=Dem5 checkadvmod
5checkcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
6laterlateADVDegree=Cmp5 checkadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkimperativeyou not said herethenforward, late propertyvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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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