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Test 8 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all

Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths. Now it's sticky AND wrong." What trap is he laughing at?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alfie, honey, trap · What happens: put, be, laugh · To what, where: honey, maths

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Alfie: "Nana, I put honey on my maths.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 put	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Nana	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Nana	punct
4	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Alfie	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Alfie	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 put	nsubj
7	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 maths	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 maths	nmod:poss
11	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 put	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put in a quote	past	Alfie and Nana	honey		my maths			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent honey=Theme on math=Destination

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: Now it's sticky AND wrong."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 sticky	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sticky	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sticky	cop
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	AND	and	CCONJ	_	6 wrong	cc
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sticky	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sticky	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sticky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	honey				now	sticky property	tree rules
2	be		honey not said here						tree rules

Sentence 3: What trap is he laughing at?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 trap	det
2	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 laughing	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughing	nsubj
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	5 laughing	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 laughing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present · progressive	what trap						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Doing maths in the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Doing	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kitchen	det
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Doing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		maths		the kitchen			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stretching one success to everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stretching	stretch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 success	nummod
3	success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stretching	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 everything	case
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Stretching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	gerund		one success				to everything result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent success=Patient to everything=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Thinking honey helps coughs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 helps	csubj
2	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thinking	obj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	coughs	cough	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helps	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund		honey					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot honey=Theme
2	help	present	Thinking	coughs					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Beneficiary

Option 4

Using too little honey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 little	advmod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 honey	amod
4	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		little honey					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient

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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