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."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Johannesburg | case |
| 2 | Johannesburg | Johannesburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 check | obl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 Johannesburg | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 check | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 check | nsubj |
| 6 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 check | aux |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 check | obj |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 check | advmod |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 check | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 let | cc |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 let | advmod |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 check | conj |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 let | obj |
| 16 | forward | forward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 let | xcomp |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 forward | obj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 everyone | case |
| 19 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 forward | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 check | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check in a quote | future | I | it | Johannesburg | now; now | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | me | first property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | forward in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | it | everyone | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 order | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 order | amod |
| 5 | order | order | 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 better order | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Check only if someone complains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Check | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 complains | mark |
| 4 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 complains | nsubj |
| 5 | complains | complain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Check | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | complain speech: other a condition, not said to happen | present | someone | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Check first, then decide whether to share
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Check | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 decide | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 decide | advmod |
| 5 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Check | parataxis |
| 6 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 decide | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | first property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | decide | present | then | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | tree rules |
Option 3
Forward it and never check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forward | forward | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Forward | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 check | cc |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 check | advmod |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Forward | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forward | imperative | you not said here | it | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not check | infinitive | you not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Forward first, then check later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forward | forward | ADV | _ | 5 check | advmod |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Forward | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Forward | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 check | advmod |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 check | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | then | forward, late property | vn 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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