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Test 10 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names

"Have you no opinion? Just pick a side, quick!" Finn hasn't learned about zoos yet. What is best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Finn · What happens: have, pick, not learn, be · To what, where: opinion, side

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» 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: "Have you no opinion?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Have	punct
2	Have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 Have	nsubj
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 opinion	det
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Have	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	you	no opinion					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient

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: Just pick a side, quick!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 pick	advmod
2	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 side	det
4	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pick	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 quick	punct
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pick	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 pick	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here	a side					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient

Sentence 3: Finn hasn't learned about zoos yet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 learned	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 learned	advmod
4	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 zoos	case
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 learned	obl
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	4 learned	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	present · perfect	Finn				yet	about zoos	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about zoo=Topic

Sentence 4: What is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Shout louder than everyone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Shout	xcomp
3	than	than	ADP	_	4 everyone	case
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 louder	obl
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say he needs to learn more first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 learn	mark
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needs	xcomp
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 learn	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 learn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	learn not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	more				first property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic

Option 3

Copy whatever his best friend says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 says	obj
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Copy	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	his best friend	whatever					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic

Option 4

Pick a side at random

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 side	det
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 random	case
5	random	random	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here	a side		random			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent side=Theme at random=Asset

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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