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Test 10 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all

Mum: "You've lost five in a row, Max. Your strategy is mid, love." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, strategy, Max · What happens: lose, be, mean · To what, where: five, row

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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: Mum: "You've lost five in a row, Max.

punctpunctnsubjauxconjobjcasedetoblpunctappospunctrootMumNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTYouPRON'veAUXlostVERBfiveNUMinADPaDETrowNOUN,PUNCTMaxPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_6 lostpunct
3""PUNCT_6 lostpunct
4YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 lostnsubj
5'vehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 lostaux
6lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part1 Mumconj
7fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 lostobj
8ininADP_10 rowcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 rowdet
10rowrowNOUNNumber=Sing6 lostobl
11,,PUNCT_12 Maxpunct
12MaxMaxPROPNNumber=Sing10 rowappos
13..PUNCT_1 Mumpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lose in a quotepresent · perfectYoufivea rowvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Eventuality

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: Your strategy is mid, love."

nmod:possnsubjcoppunctvocativepunctpunctrootYourPRONstrategyNOUNisAUXmidADJ,PUNCTloveNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 strategynmod:poss
2strategystrategyNOUNNumber=Sing4 midnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 midcop
4midmidADJDegree=Posrootroot
5,,PUNCT_6 lovepunct
6loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing4 midvocative
7..PUNCT_4 midpunct
8""PUNCT_4 midpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentYour strategylove vocative; mid propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What does she mean?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXshePRONmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 meanaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meannsubj
4meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportMaxvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His plan is brilliant but unlucky

nmod:possnsubjcopccconjrootHisPRONplanNOUNisAUXbrilliantADJbutCCONJunluckyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 plannmod:poss
2planplanNOUNNumber=Sing4 brilliantnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 brilliantcop
4brilliantbrilliantADJDegree=Posrootroot
5butbutCCONJ_6 unluckycc
6unluckyunluckyADJDegree=Pos4 brilliantconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHis planbrilliant propertytree rules
2beHis plan not said heretree rules
3planHis = henom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He should buy more brown streets

nsubjauxamodamodobjrootHePRONshouldAUXbuyVERBmoreADJbrownADJstreetsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 buynsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 buyaux
3buybuyVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4moremoreADJDegree=Cmp6 streetsamod
5brownbrownADJDegree=Pos6 streetsamod
6streetsstreetNOUNNumber=Plur3 buyobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buyshouldHemore brown streetsvn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Theme

Option 3

Five losses in a row prove that the whole game must be broken

nummodnsubjcasedetnmodmarkdetamodnsubj:passauxaux:passccomprootFiveNUMlossesNOUNinADPaDETrowNOUNproveVERBthatSCONJtheDETwholeADJgameNOUNmustAUXbeAUXbrokenVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 lossesnummod
2losseslossNOUNNumber=Plur6 provensubj
3ininADP_5 rowcase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 rowdet
5rowrowNOUNNumber=Sing2 lossesnmod
6proveproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thatthatSCONJ_13 brokenmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 gamedet
9wholewholeADJDegree=Pos10 gameamod
10gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing13 brokennsubj:pass
11mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin13 brokenaux
12bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf13 brokenaux:pass
13brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 proveccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1provepresentFive losses in a rowvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2breakmust · passivethe whole gamevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His plan isn't good; that one win was luck

nmod:possnsubjcopadvmodpunctdetnummodnsubjcopoblrootHisPRONplanNOUNisAUXn'tPARTgoodADJ;PUNCTthatDEToneNUMwinNOUNwasAUXluckNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 plannmod:poss
2planplanNOUNNumber=Sing5 goodnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 goodcop
4n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 goodadvmod
5goodgoodADJDegree=Posrootroot
6;;PUNCT_11 luckpunct
7thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 windet
8oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 winnummod
9winwinNOUNNumber=Sing11 lucknsubj
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 luckcop
11luckluckNOUNNumber=Sing5 goodobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not ispresentHis plangood propertytree rules
2is apastthat one winlucktree rules
3planHis = henom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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