Test 3 · ★★★ · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei… Lucy's nan says, "Touch wood you'll pass, pet." ("Touch wood" is a saying for good luck.) What really decides Lucy's test?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, Touch wood, Lucy · What happens: say, pass, be, decide, test · To what, where: pet, saying, test · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» 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: Lucy's nan says, "Touch wood you'll pass, pet."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct compound nsubj nsubj aux ccomp punct obj punct punct root Lucy PROPN 's PART nan NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Touch NOUN wood NOUN you PRON 'll AUX pass VERB , PUNCT pet NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN Number=Sing 3 nan nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lucy case 3 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 pass punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 wood punct 7 Touch touch NOUN Number=Sing 8 wood compound 8 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 11 pass nsubj 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 pass nsubj 10 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 pass aux 11 pass pass VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 pet punct 13 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 11 pass obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 11 pass punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 11 pass punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lucy's nan vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 pass in a quote future Touch wood pet vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pet=Trajectory
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: ("Touch wood" is a saying for good luck.)
punct punct compound nsubj punct cop det case amod nmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Touch NOUN wood NOUN " PUNCT is AUX a DET saying NOUN for ADP good ADJ luck NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 saying punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 wood punct 3 Touch touch NOUN Number=Sing 4 wood compound 4 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 8 saying nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 wood punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 saying cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 saying det 8 saying saying NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 for for ADP _ 11 luck case 10 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 11 luck amod 11 luck luck NOUN Number=Sing 8 saying nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 saying punct 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Touch wood a saying for good luck tree rules
Sentence 3: What really decides Lucy's test?
obj advmod nmod:poss case obj punct root What PRON really ADV decides VERB Lucy PROPN 's PART test NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 decides obj 2 really really ADV _ 3 decides advmod 3 decides decide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Lucy Lucy PROPN Number=Sing 6 test nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 Lucy case 6 test test NOUN Number=Sing 3 decides obj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 decides punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 decide present Lucy's test tree rules 2 test Lucy nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer What she has learned, not luck charms
obj nsubj aux punct advmod compound obl root What PRON she PRON has AUX learned VERB , PUNCT not PART luck NOUN charms NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 learned obj 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 learned nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 learned aux 4 learned learn VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 charms punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 charms advmod 7 luck luck NOUN Number=Sing 8 charms compound 8 charms charm NOUN Number=Plur 4 learned obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 learn present · perfect she luck charms vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
Option 2 How many times she touches wood
advmod amod obl:unmarked nsubj obj root How ADV many ADJ times NOUN she PRON touches VERB wood NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 times amod 3 times time NOUN Number=Plur 5 touches obl:unmarked 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 touches nsubj 5 touches touch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 5 touches obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 touch present she wood time vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Co-Theme
Option 3 What day of the week the test happens to be on
det nsubj case det nmod det nsubj mark cop compound:prt root What DET day NOUN of ADP the DET week NOUN the DET test NOUN happens VERB to PART be AUX on ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what DET PronType=Int 2 day det 2 day day NOUN Number=Sing 8 happens nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 week case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 week det 5 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 day nmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 test det 7 test test NOUN Number=Sing 8 happens nsubj 8 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 to to PART _ 11 on mark 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 on cop 11 on on ADP _ 8 happens compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen on present what day of the week vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 Whether she has her lucky pencil
mark nsubj nmod:poss amod obj root Whether SCONJ she PRON has VERB her PRON lucky ADJ pencil NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Whether whether SCONJ _ 3 has mark 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 pencil nmod:poss 5 lucky lucky ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pencil amod 6 pencil pencil NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present she her lucky pencil vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=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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