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Test 1 · ★★ · Bets, dares and silly reasons

Noah: "Your cousin's a dolphin now, is he? You went red at 30 seconds last time." What is the right thing to do with this bet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, You, right thing · What happens: be, go, do · To what, where: dolphin

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly 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: Noah: "Your cousin's a dolphin now, is he?

compoundpunctpunctnmod:possnsubjcopdetapposadvmodpunctcoppunctrootNoahPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTYourPRONcousinNOUN'sAUXaDETdolphinNOUNnowADV,PUNCTisAUXhePRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NoahNoahPROPNNumber=Sing12 hecompound
2::PUNCT_8 dolphinpunct
3""PUNCT_8 dolphinpunct
4YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 cousinnmod:poss
5cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing8 dolphinnsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 dolphincop
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 dolphindet
8dolphindolphinNOUNNumber=Sing1 Noahappos
9nownowADVPronType=Dem8 dolphinadvmod
10,,PUNCT_1 Noahpunct
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 hecop
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prsrootroot
13??PUNCT_12 hepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentYour cousina dolphinnowtree rules
2is a in a quotepresentdolphintree 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: You went red at 30 seconds last time."

nsubjxcompcasenummodoblamodobl:unmarkedpunctpunctrootYouPRONwentVERBredADJatADP30NUMsecondsNOUNlastADJtimeNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 wentnsubj
2wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3redredADJDegree=Pos2 wentxcomp
4atatADP_6 secondscase
53030NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 secondsnummod
6secondssecondNOUNNumber=Plur2 wentobl
7lastlastADJDegree=Pos8 timeamod
8timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 wentobl:unmarked
9..PUNCT_2 wentpunct
10""PUNCT_2 wentpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopastYousecond; timered propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What is the right thing to do with this bet?

copdetamodnsubjmarkaclcasedetoblpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETrightADJthingNOUNtoPARTdoVERBwithADPthisDETbetNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 thingdet
4rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 thingamod
5thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6totoPART_7 domark
7dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf5 thingacl
8withwithADP_10 betcase
9thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem10 betdet
10betbetNOUNNumber=Sing7 doobl
11??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe right thingtree rules
2doto-infinitivethe right thing not said herewith this betvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

Drop it: breath-holding contests are dangerous

objpunctcompoundpunctamodnsubjcopconjrootDropVERBitPRON:PUNCTbreathNOUN-PUNCTholdingVERBcontestsNOUNareAUXdangerousADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DropdropVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Dropobj
3::PUNCT_9 dangerouspunct
4breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing6 holdingcompound
5--PUNCT_4 breathpunct
6holdingholdVERBVerbForm=Ger7 contestsamod
7contestscontestNOUNNumber=Plur9 dangerousnsubj
8arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 dangerouscop
9dangerousdangerousADJDegree=Pos1 Dropconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dropimperativeyou not said hereitvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2holdgerundvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3ispresentholding contestsdangerous propertytree rules

Option 2

Bet a bigger chocolate bar

detamodcompoundobjrootBetVERBaDETbiggerADJchocolateNOUNbarNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BetbetVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 bardet
3biggerbigADJDegree=Cmp5 baramod
4chocolatechocolateNOUNNumber=Sing5 barcompound
5barbarNOUNNumber=Sing1 Betobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1betimperativeyou not said herea bigger chocolate barvn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bar=Recipient

Option 3

Practise every day until you can manage the full five minutes

detnmod:unmarkedmarknsubjauxacl:relcldetamodnummodobl:unmarkedrootPractiseNOUNeveryDETdayNOUNuntilSCONJyouPRONcanAUXmanageVERBtheDETfullADJfiveNUMminutesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PractisepractiseNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2everyeveryDETPronType=Tot3 daydet
3daydayNOUNNumber=Sing1 Practisenmod:unmarked
4untiluntilSCONJ_7 managemark
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs7 managensubj
6cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 manageaux
7managemanageVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Practiseacl:relcl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 minutesdet
9fullfullADJDegree=Pos11 minutesamod
10fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card11 minutesnummod
11minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur7 manageobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1managecanyouPractise every day not said hereminutevn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practise=Theme

Option 4

Try it in the swimming pool instead

objcasedetcompoundobladvmodrootTryVERBitPRONinADPtheDETswimmingNOUNpoolNOUNinsteadADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TrytryVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Tryobj
3ininADP_6 poolcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 pooldet
5swimmingswimmingNOUNNumber=Sing6 poolcompound
6poolpoolNOUNNumber=Sing1 Tryobl
7insteadinsteadADV_1 Tryadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tryimperativeyou not said hereitthe swimming poolinstead propertyvn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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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