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Test 4 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"

Teacher's email, basically: "Ben's homework: missing." Mum: "BEN." What should Mum do next time?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Teacher, Mum · What happens: email, do

This is test 4 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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: Teacher's email, basically: "Ben's homework: missing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 email	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Teacher	case
3	email	email	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 basically	punct
5	basically	basically	ADV	_	3 email	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 homework	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 homework	punct
8	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 homework	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Ben	case
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 email	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 missing	punct
12	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 email	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 missing	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 missing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	email		Teacher						nom email «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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: Mum: "BEN."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 BEN	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 BEN	punct
4	BEN	BEN	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	appos
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 BEN	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 BEN	punct

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

Sentence 3: What should Mum do next time?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl:unmarked
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	Mum				time		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Never ask about homework

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 homework	case
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					about homework	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about homework=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask until she gets a real answer, or check the homework book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 gets	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 answer	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 answer	amod
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 check	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 check	cc
10	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
12	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 book	compound
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	she	a real answer					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus
3	check	infinitive	you not said here	the homework book					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme

Option 3

Take silence as a yes again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 yes	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 yes	det
5	yes	yes	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
6	again	again	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	silence			again	as a yes	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent silence=Theme as yes=Attribute

Option 4

Only ask the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the teacher				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

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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