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Test 6 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?" What trap has she spotted?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Sofia, trap · What happens: be, have, spot · To what, where: Sofia, broom

This is test 6 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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: Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sofia	sofia	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 unlucky	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 unlucky	punct
4	So	so	ADV	_	8 unlucky	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 unlucky	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 unlucky	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unlucky	cop
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sofia	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 broom	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 broom	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 broom	det
12	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unlucky	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 broom	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 broom	cc
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 lucky	mark
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 lucky	nsubj
17	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 lucky	cop
18	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 broom	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 broom	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 broom	cop
21	also	also	ADV	_	23 broom	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 broom	det
23	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sofia	appos
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 broom	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 broom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I	Sofia not said here				unlucky property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	Sofia	the broom					tree rules
3	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	I					lucky property	tree rules
4	is a in a quote	present	Sofia	the broom					tree rules

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 trap has she spotted?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 trap	det
2	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spotted	nsubj
5	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 has	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	what trap						tree rules
2	spot	participle	trap						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Brooms work quite differently in the daytime than at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brooms	broom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 work	nsubj
2	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 differently	advmod
4	differently	differently	ADV	_	2 work	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 daytime	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 daytime	det
7	daytime	daytime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	obl
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 night	case
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Brooms				night	in the daytime; differently property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in daytime=Theme

Option 2

Sweeping at night is actually lucky after all, not unlucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweeping	sweep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 lucky	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 night	case
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sweeping	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lucky	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 lucky	advmod
6	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 lucky	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 unlucky	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 unlucky	advmod
11	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lucky	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	gerund					night		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Sweeping				after all	actually, lucky property	tree rules
3	not be		Sweeping not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Finding money on the floor is always a sign of good luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 sign	csubj
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sign	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 sign	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sign	det
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 luck	case
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 luck	amod
12	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund		money		the floor			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic
2	is a	present	Finding	a sign				of good luck; always property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A rule that fits every result and so explains nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 explains	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 fits	nsubj
4	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rule	acl:relcl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 result	det
6	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fits	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 so	cc
8	so	so	ADV	_	4 fits	conj
9	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 explains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	a rule	every result					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Patient
2	explain speech: assert	present	a rule	nothing					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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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