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Test 3 · ★ · The rumour that grows

Year 6 boy: "Expelled? I'm literally right here eating crisps, ya muppets." Why is this the perfect comeback?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, this · What happens: expel, be, eat · To what, where: Year boy, crisps

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» 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: Year 6 boy: "Expelled?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boy	compound
2	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Year	flat
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Expelled	nsubj:pass
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Expelled	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Expelled	punct
6	Expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 Expelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel in a quote	participle · passive		Year boy					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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: I'm literally right here eating crisps, ya muppets."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 here	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 here	cop
3	literally	literally	ADV	_	5 here	advmod
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 here	advmod
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
6	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 here	advcl
7	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eating	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 muppets	punct
9	ya	ya	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 muppets	compound
10	muppets	muppet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crisps	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 here	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					here, literally, right property	tree rules
2	eat	gerund	I not said here	crisps and ya muppets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient

Sentence 3: Why is this the perfect comeback?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Why	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 comeback	det
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 comeback	amod
6	comeback	comeback	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is still angry about the ball game at break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 game	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 game	det
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 game	compound
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 break	case
10	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 game	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				still	about the ball game at break; angry property	tree rules

Option 2

He is admitting that he really was expelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 admitting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 admitting	aux
3	admitting	admit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 expelled	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 expelled	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 expelled	advmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 expelled	aux:pass
8	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 admitting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present · progressive	He						vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	expel	past · passive		he					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He just wants to have everyone else's crisps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 wants	advmod
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 have	mark
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 crisps	nmod:poss
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 everyone	advmod
8	's	's	PART	_	6 everyone	case
9	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	everyone's crisps					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is living proof the rumour is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 living	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 living	aux
3	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wrong	csubj
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 living	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rumour	det
6	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 living	obl:unmarked
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	cop
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present · progressive	He	proof				the rumour obl:unmarked	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme proof=Location
2	is	present	living					wrong property	tree rules

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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