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Test 8 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories

«If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother. Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, brother · What happens: be, do, ask · To what, where: philosopher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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: «If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 philosopher	punct
2	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 philosopher	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 philosopher	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 philosopher	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 philosopher	det
6	philosopher	philosopher	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asks	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 'd	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 'd	nsubj
9	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 philosopher	acl:relcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 do	advmod
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 'd	ccomp
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl:unmarked
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 'd	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 'd	punct
17	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 brother	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Lucy	case
20	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asks	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	you	a philosopher					tree rules
2	do in a quote	present	you				day		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	present	Lucy's brother						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask and argue about big questions like what a person is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 argue	cc
3	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 questions	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 questions	amod
6	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 argue	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 person	case
8	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	10 person	det
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 questions	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						ask property	tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	infinitive						about big questions like what person	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about question=Topic

Option 2

Count the stars every night and write down how many there are in a book

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stars	det
3	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Count	obj
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Count	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 write	cc
7	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Count	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 write	compound:prt
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 many	advmod
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 are	nsubj
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 are	expl
12	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 write	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 book	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 book	det
15	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here	the stars			night		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Theme
2	write down	infinitive	you not said here			a book			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in book=Destination
3	be	present	many			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Collect stones and label them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Collect	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 label	cc
4	label	label	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Collect	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 label	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	imperative	you not said here	stones					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	label	infinitive	you not said here	stones = stone					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination

Option 4

Write the rules of football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rules	det
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Write	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 football	case
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	the rules of football					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	rule		football						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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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