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Test 9 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

A cartoon detective decides the butler did it in the first second, and is always right. What is wrong with that in real life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon detective, butler · What happens: decide, do, be · To what, where: detective, real life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: A cartoon detective decides the butler did it in the first second, and is always right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 detective	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detective	compound
3	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decides	nsubj
4	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 butler	det
6	butler	butler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decides	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 second	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 second	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 second	amod
12	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 right	cc
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
16	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 right	advmod
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 decides	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	a cartoon detective						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the butler	detective			second		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	is	present	a cartoon detective not said here					always, right property	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 is wrong with that in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				real life		with that; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Detectives never use clues in real life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Detectives	detective	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	clues	clue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present	Detectives	clues		real life			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient

Option 2

Guessing fast always finds the right person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 finds	csubj
2	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Guessing	advmod
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 finds	advmod
4	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	gerund						fast property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	find	present	Guessing	the right person				always property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic

Option 3

Butlers really do cause most crimes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butlers	butler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 cause	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 crimes	amod
6	crimes	crime	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · do-support	Butlers	most crimes					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition crime=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Real guesses need checking; the first suspect is often wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 guesses	amod
2	guesses	guess	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	checking	check	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 need	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 wrong	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 suspect	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 suspect	amod
8	suspect	suspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wrong	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wrong	cop
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 wrong	advmod
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 need	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Real guesses						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	check not said to happen	gerund	Real guesses not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the first suspect					often, wrong property	tree rules

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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