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Test 10 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

Jess: "Both ways work, Dad. You're not the Dishwasher King." Mum: "He is, actually, in his head." Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ways, Mum · What happens: jess, work, not be, be · To what, where: Dad, Dishwasher King, head

This is test 10 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» 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: Jess: "Both ways work, Dad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jess	jess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 work	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 work	punct
4	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 ways	det
5	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 work	nsubj
6	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Jess	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Dad	punct
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 work	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Jess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jess	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	work in a quote	present	both ways	Dad					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent dad=Material

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: You're not the Dishwasher King."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 King	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 King	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 King	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	Dishwasher	Dishwasher	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 King	compound
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 King	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 King	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	You	the Dishwasher King					tree rules

Sentence 3: Mum: "He is, actually, in his head."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 head	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 head	cop
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 actually	punct
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 is	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 head	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 head	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 head	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Mum			King's head			tree rules

Sentence 4: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Some ways can be better, but the test is clean dishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 ways	det
2	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 better	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 better	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 clean	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 clean	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 test	det
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clean	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 clean	cop
11	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dishes	amod
12	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	some ways					clean dishes obl; good property	tree rules
2	is	present	the test					clean property	tree rules

Option 2

Mum's way must be wrong, because Dad said so and he knows dishwashers

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 way	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 said	mark
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	conj
11	so	so	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 knows	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 knows	nsubj
14	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	conj
15	dishwashers	dishwasher	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	Mum's way					wrong property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	know	present	Dad	dishwashers					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dishwasher=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Dishwashers only work one way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dishwashers	dishwasher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 work	advmod
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 way	nummod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Dishwashers	one way					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material

Option 4

Plates must always go at the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 back	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	must	Plates			the back		always property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at back=Location

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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