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Test 1 · ★ · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

A boy in Sydney calls Holly a "Pom" and grins. What's this most likely about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: call, grin, be · To what, where: Holly · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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: A boy in Sydney calls Holly a "Pom" and grins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 calls	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Pom	det
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Pom	punct
9	Pom	pom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	xcomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Pom	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grins	cc
12	grins	grin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calls	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	a boy in Sydney		Holly				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent holly=Recipient
2	grin	present	a boy in Sydney not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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: What's this most likely about?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 What	nsubj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 What	advmod
6	about	about	ADV	_	1 What	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Teasing curiosity about her British accent, not real hate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Teasing	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 accent	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 accent	nmod:poss
5	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 accent	amod
6	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Teasing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hate	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 real	advmod
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hate	amod
10	hate	hate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	gerund		curiosity				about her British accent and real hate	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curiosity=Patient
2	accent		her = she						nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A secret code meaning she isn't allowed to join the netball team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 code	det
2	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 code	amod
3	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 code	acl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 meaning	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 allowed	aux:pass
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 allowed	advmod
8	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 join	mark
10	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 allowed	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 team	det
12	netball	netball	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 team	compound
13	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	gerund	a secret code not said here	she					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic
2	not allow	present · passive		a secret code					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	a secret code not said here	the netball team					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient

Option 3

A serious threat she should be very afraid of

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 threat	det
2	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 threat	amod
3	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 afraid	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 afraid	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 afraid	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 afraid	advmod
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 threat	acl:relcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should	she	a serious threat not said here				afraid property	tree rules

Option 4

A sign she should never speak in class again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 speak	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 speak	advmod
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sign	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 class	case
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speak	obl
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	should	she	a sign not said here		class	again		tree rules

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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