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Test 11 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is." What kind of answer is that?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, bedtime, that · What happens: shut up, ask, be · To what, where: bedtime, kind

This is test 11 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: Big brother, rough: "Shut up asking why, it's bedtime cos it is."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 brother	amod
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rough	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rough	punct
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Shut	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Shut	punct
7	Shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rough	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 Shut	compound:prt
9	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Shut	advcl
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 asking	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bedtime	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bedtime	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 bedtime	cop
14	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Shut	obl
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	17 is	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 is	nsubj
17	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Shut	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rough	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	infinitive							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	it	bedtime					tree rules
4	be in a quote	present	bedtime						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 kind of answer is that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 answer	case
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kind	cop
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 kind	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	what kind				of answer	tree rules

The options

Option 1

A clear scientific reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reason	det
2	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
3	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

An appeal to the weather forecast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 appeal	det
2	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 forecast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forecast	det
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forecast	compound
6	forecast	forecast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appeal	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A fair deal with a promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 deal	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deal	amod
3	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 promise	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deal	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A dead end that repeats the rule instead of a reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 end	det
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 end	amod
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 repeats	nsubj
5	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 end	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repeats	obj
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	11 reason	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 reason	det
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repeats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	present	a dead end	the rule				instead a reason	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Eventuality

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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