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Test 7 · ★ · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

Max's mum says, "We live in the middle of nowhere, love, not the moon." (The middle of nowhere means a place very far from towns.) What does she suggest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, We, middle · What happens: say, live, mean, suggest · To what, where: middle, place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Max's mum says, "We live in the middle of nowhere, love, not the moon."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Max	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 live	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 live	punct
7	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 live	nsubj
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 middle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 middle	det
11	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 nowhere	case
13	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 middle	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 love	punct
15	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 middle	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 moon	punct
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 moon	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 moon	det
19	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 middle	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	Max's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	live in a quote	present	We			the middle and love and the moon			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location

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: (The middle of nowhere means a place very far from towns.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 middle	det
3	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 nowhere	case
5	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 middle	nmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 far	advmod
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 means	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 towns	case
12	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 far	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the middle	a place				far property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic

Sentence 3: What does she suggest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 suggest	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suggest	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 suggest	nsubj
4	suggest	suggest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 suggest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · do-support	mum						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They should move to the moon to be happier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 move	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 move	aux
3	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moon	det
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 move	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 happier	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 happier	cop
9	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 move	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	should	They			the moon			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to moon=Trajectory
2	is	to-infinitive	They not said here					happy property	tree rules

Option 2

Max will never have any friends out there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 friends	det
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	out	out	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have out	future	Max	any friends		there		out property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

Option 3

Living in the country is the same as living in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 same	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 country	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 country	det
4	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Living	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 same	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 same	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 living	mark
9	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 same	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 town	case
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	gerund				the country			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location
2	is	present	Living					same property	tree rules
3	live	gerund	Living not said here			town			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Friends can still be made through clubs and visits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 clubs	case
7	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 visits	cc
9	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 clubs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can · passive		Friends		clubs and visits	still		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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