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Test 7 · ★★ · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm…

Kofi's dad from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me one good thing." What is the dad doing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: say, not curse, tell, do · To what, where: you, one good thing, dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» 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 from Lagos says, "Ah, you are not cursed, my son, tell me one good thing."

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	6 says	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Lagos	case
5	Lagos	Lagos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cursed	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 cursed	punct
9	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	14 cursed	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Ah	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 cursed	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 cursed	aux:pass
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 cursed	advmod
14	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 tell	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 son	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 son	nmod:poss
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cursed	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 son	punct
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
20	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 tell	iobj
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 thing	nummod
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 thing	amod
23	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kofi's dad from Lagos						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not curse in a quote	present · passive		you				my son obl	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive		one good thing	Kofi's dad from Lagos = dad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient thing=Topic

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 dad doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 doing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doing	nsubj
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	the dad						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Telling him curses are real, but only weak ones that wear off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 real	csubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	curses	curse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	obj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 real	cop
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ones	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 ones	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 ones	advmod
9	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 real	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 wear	nsubj
12	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ones	acl:relcl
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 wear	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		curses	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient curse=Topic
2	is	present	Telling					weak ones obl; real property	tree rules
3	wear off	present	weak ones						vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Training Kofi's mind to notice good things too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Training	train	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mind	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Kofi	case
4	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Training	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 notice	mark
6	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Training	advcl
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 notice	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	6 notice	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	gerund		Kofi's mind					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme
2	notice	to-infinitive		good things					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
3	mind		Kofi						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Ignoring how bad Kofi's day was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignoring	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 was	csubj
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 bad	advmod
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ignoring	obj
4	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 day	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Kofi	case
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bad	nsubj
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	gerund		bad					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=Theme
2	be	past	Ignoring						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Punishing him for being negative

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punishing	punish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Punishing	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 negative	case
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 negative	cop
5	negative	negative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Punishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	gerund		him = he					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is	gerund						negative property	tree rules

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