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Test 2 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

Ava: "Phones are bad because they're bad. Wow. Somebody write that down, it's science." What is she mocking?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Phones, Somebody, it, Ava · What happens: be, write down, mock · To what, where: that, science

This is test 2 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: Ava: "Phones are bad because they're bad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 bad	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 bad	punct
4	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bad	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ava	amod
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 bad	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bad	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bad	cop
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bad	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ava	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Phones					bad property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	Phones = phone					bad 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: Wow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wow	wow	INTJ	_	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wow	punct

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

Sentence 3: Somebody write that down, it's science."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 write	nsubj
2	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 write	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 write	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 science	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 science	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 science	cop
8	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 write	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	infinitive	Somebody	that					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
2	is a	present	it	science					tree rules

Sentence 4: What is she mocking?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mocking	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mocking	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mocking	nsubj
4	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mocking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	present · progressive	Ava						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The circle of saying the answer as the reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 circle	det
2	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 saying	mark
4	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 circle	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 reason	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	the circle not said here	the answer				as the reason	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent answer=Topic

Option 2

Science lessons at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lessons	compound
2	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lessons	nmod

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

Option 3

People who write things down instead of remembering them in their heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 write	nsubj
3	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 People	acl:relcl
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 write	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 write	compound:prt
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 remembering	mark
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 write	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 remembering	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 heads	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 heads	nmod:poss
12	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remembering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	present	People	things					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	remember	gerund	People not said here	things = thing		things's heads			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Her dad for not owning a phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 owning	mark
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 owning	advmod
5	owning	own	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dad	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 phone	det
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not own	gerund	Her dad not said here	a phone					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot phone=Theme

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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