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Test 10 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

Teen son: "It's Grandad, he's snoring louder than the telly. Bro's been resting his eyes since lunch." What was Dad's mistake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, Grandad, Bro · What happens: be, snore, rest · To what, where: Grandad, eyes, mistake

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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: Teen son: "It's Grandad, he's snoring louder than the telly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teen	teen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 son	amod
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Grandad	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Grandad	punct
5	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Grandad	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Grandad	cop
7	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 son	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 snoring	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 snoring	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 snoring	aux
11	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Grandad	advcl
12	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 snoring	xcomp
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 telly	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 telly	det
15	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 louder	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 son	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	Grandad					tree rules
2	snore in a quote	present · progressive	Grandad					loud property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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: Bro's been resting his eyes since lunch."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bro	Bro	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 resting	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 resting	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 resting	aux
4	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 resting	obj
7	since	since	ADP	_	8 lunch	case
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resting	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 resting	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 resting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present · progressive	Bro	Bro's eyes			since lunch		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme

Sentence 3: What was Dad's mistake?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 mistake	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	cop
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mistake	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Dad	case
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Dad's mistake					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Leaving the telly on himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 telly	det
3	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		the telly				on himself = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent telly=Theme on himself=Location

Option 2

Paying for electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 electricity	case
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	gerund						for electricity	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for electricity=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Saying it was the kids as a fact before looking round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kids	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kids	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kids	det
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Saying	ccomp
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 fact	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fact	det
8	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 looking	mark
10	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saying	advcl
11	round	round	ADV	_	10 looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund						as a fact	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the kids					tree rules
3	look round	gerund						round property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Waking Grandad up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Waking	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Waking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	gerund		Grandad					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent grandad=Patient

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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