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Test 5 · ★ · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…

A kid at school says, "Leo's mate had a fit, don't go near him, you'll catch it." What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, mate, you · What happens: say, have, not go, catch, be · To what, where: fit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» 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 kid at school says, "Leo's mate had a fit, don't go near him, you'll catch it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
8	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 mate	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Leo	case
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fit	det
13	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
15	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 go	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 go	advmod
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 had	conj
18	near	near	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 go	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 catch	punct
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 catch	nsubj
22	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 catch	aux
23	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 go	advcl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 catch	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid at school						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	past	Leo's mate	a fit					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fit=Patient
3	not go in a quote	infinitive · do-support	Leo's mate not said here					near mate	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near he=Location
4	catch in a quote	future	you	fit					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's true, but only if you touch him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 touch	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 touch	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 touch	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 touch	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 touch	nsubj
9	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	touch a condition, not said to happen	present	you	him = he					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Option 2

Seizures only happen to people who eat sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizures	seizure	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 people	acl:relcl
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Seizures					to people	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	present	people	sweets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

Option 3

It's true, seizures spread from person to person just like a cold does

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spread	punct
5	seizures	seizure	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spread	nsubj
6	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 person	case
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 person	case
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 cold	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 cold	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cold	det
14	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 person	nmod
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	spread	present	seizures					from person to person like a cold	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Seizures aren't catching; they come from the brain itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizures	seizure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catching	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 catching	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 catching	advmod
4	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 catching	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 brain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brain	det
10	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	10 brain	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch	present · progressive	Seizures						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	come	present	Seizures = seizure			the brain brain			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from brain=Initial_Location

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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