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Test 9 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

Ben says, "I was such a jerk," about laughing at his mate's counselling. What's the best next step?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, jerk, mate, best next step · What happens: say, be, laugh, counsel · To what, where: jerk, counselling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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: Ben says, "I was such a jerk," about laughing at his mate's counselling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jerk	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 jerk	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 jerk	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 jerk	cop
7	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	9 jerk	det:predet
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jerk	det
9	jerk	jerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jerk	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 jerk	punct
12	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 laughing	mark
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 jerk	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	18 counselling	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mate	nmod:poss
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 counselling	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mate	case
18	counselling	counselling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 laughing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ben						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past	Ben	such jerk					tree rules
3	laugh	gerund	such jerk not said here			Ben's mate's counselling			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	counsel		Ben's mate						nom counselling «communication transitive»: poss=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 the best next step?

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 step	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 step	amod
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 step	amod
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best next step						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Pretend he never laughed at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 laughed	advmod
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pretend	parataxis
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not laugh	past	he			all			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Stop seeing the counsellor so nobody laughs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 counsellor	det
4	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeing	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 laughs	advmod
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 laughs	nsubj
7	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	see	gerund	you not said here	the counsellor					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer counsellor=Stimulus
3	laugh	present	nobody						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Laugh at someone else's problems instead so he feels better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 problems	case
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 problems	nmod:poss
4	else	else	ADV	_	3 someone	advmod
5	's	's	PART	_	3 someone	case
6	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Laugh	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Laugh	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 feels	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feels	nsubj
10	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	advcl
11	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here			someone's problems		instead property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	he					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Say sorry to his friend and keep getting help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorry	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	imperative	you not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
3	get	gerund	you not said here	help					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus

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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