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Test 7 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

Kofi's dad says, "Back in my day we didn't have phones and we were fine." Kofi still feels out of the loop. What helps more?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, we, Kofi · What happens: say, not have, be, feel out, help · To what, where: phones, loop, more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» of the reflection 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: Kofi's dad says, "Back in my day we didn't have phones and we were fine."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kofi	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Back	punct
7	Back	back	ADV	_	14 have	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 day	nmod:poss
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 have	obl
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 have	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 have	advmod
14	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
15	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 have	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fine	cc
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 fine	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 fine	cop
19	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 have	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kofi's dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not have in a quote	past · do-support	we	phones			day		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient
3	is in a quote	past	we					fine property	tree rules

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: Kofi still feels out of the loop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 feels	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 feels	advmod
3	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 loop	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 loop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loop	det
7	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feels	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel out	present	Kofi	the loop			still		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loop=Theme

Sentence 3: What helps more?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 helps	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present		more					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Begging for a phone every single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Begging	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Begging	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	gerund					day	for a phone	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for phone=Topic

Option 2

Pretending he saw all the messages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 saw	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 messages	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 messages	det
6	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund							tree rules
2	see	past		all messages					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Friends filling him in at lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	filling	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Friends	acl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 filling	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	2 filling	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 filling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill in	gerund	Friends not said here	him = he		lunch			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

Telling his friends to stop using phones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friends	nmod:poss
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Telling	xcomp
6	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
7	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			his friends				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	use	gerund		phones					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient

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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