Test 4 · ★ · Please, thank you, sorry, okay
You ask Sashko to swap cards; he says «LAdno…» with a long sigh. What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, Sashko · What happens: ask, swap, say, mean · To what, where: Sashko, cards, LAdno · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» of the Ukrainian street 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: You ask Sashko to swap cards; he says «LAdno…» with a long sigh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 swap | mark |
| 5 | swap | swap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ask | xcomp |
| 6 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swap | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ask | parataxis |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 LAdno | punct |
| 11 | LAdno | LAdno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obj |
| 12 | … | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 LAdno | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 LAdno | punct |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 sigh | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 sigh | det |
| 16 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 sigh | amod |
| 17 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | You | Sashko | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent sashko=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | swap not said to happen | to-infinitive | You not said here | cards | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Sashko | LAdno | with a long sigh | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent ladno=Theme with sigh=Manner |
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 does he mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Sashko | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He didn't hear you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hear | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hear | advmod |
| 4 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | past · do-support | He | you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2
Brilliant, he loves the idea and can't wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 loves | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Brilliant | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loves | nsubj |
| 4 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loves | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wait | cc |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 wait | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 wait | advmod |
| 10 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 loves | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | he | the idea | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not wait | can | he not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Fine, whatever — he's not happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 whatever | punct |
| 3 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Fine | conj |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 happy | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 happy | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 happy | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 happy | advmod |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Fine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | he | happy property | tree rules |
Option 4
No way, never
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 never | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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