Test 5 · ★ · Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembranc…
Liam's grandad, a proper Aussie, says, «Up at sparrow's fart for the dawn service, mate, too right.» («Sparrow's fart» is a joking phrase for «very early in the morning».) Why does he get up so early?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad, sparrow, fart · What happens: say, fart, joke, be, get up · To what, where: joking phrase · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» of the religion ethics 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: Liam's grandad, a proper Aussie, says, «Up at sparrow's fart for the dawn service, mate, too right.»
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2
fartin a quote
sparrow
for the dawn service
nom fart «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl
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: («Sparrow's fart» is a joking phrase for «very early in the morning».)
vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme
2
land
past
soldiers
Gallipoli
dawn
vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 3
To catch the first bus to the beach before the crowds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 catch
mark
2
catch
catch
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 bus
det
4
first
first
ADJ
Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord
5 bus
amod
5
bus
bus
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 catch
obj
6
to
to
ADP
_
8 beach
case
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 beach
det
8
beach
beach
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 catch
obl
9
before
before
ADP
_
11 crowds
case
10
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
11 crowds
det
11
crowds
crowd
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 catch
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
catch
to-infinitive
the first bus
before the crowds
to the beach
vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=Theme
Option 4
To beat the long queue at the shops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 beat
mark
2
beat
beat
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 queue
det
4
long
long
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 queue
amod
5
queue
queue
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 beat
obj
6
at
at
ADP
_
8 shops
case
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 shops
det
8
shops
shop
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 beat
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
beat
to-infinitive
the long queue
the shops
vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location queue=Theme
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.