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Test 8 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps

Amira's brother: "You played Roblox all week and passed. The test passed you, not the other way round." What is he pointing out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, test · What happens: play, pass, point out · To what, where: Roblox, you

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» 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: Amira's brother: "You played Roblox all week and passed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Amira	case
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 played	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 brother	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 played	punct
6	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 played	nsubj
7	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Roblox	Roblox	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 played	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 week	det
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 played	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 passed	cc
12	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 played	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play in a quote	past	Amira's brother	Roblox			week		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roblox=Theme
2	pass in a quote	participle	Amira's brother not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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: The test passed you, not the other way round."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	nsubj
3	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 passed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 way	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 way	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	parataxis
10	round	round	ADV	_	9 way	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	the test	you					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Trajectory

Sentence 3: What is he pointing out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 pointing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pointing	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pointing	nsubj
4	pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 pointing	compound:prt
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pointing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point out	present · progressive	test						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

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

Passing doesn't prove studying; the test was easy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prove	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prove	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 prove	advmod
4	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	studying	study	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 prove	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 easy	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 test	det
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 easy	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 easy	cop
10	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prove	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not prove	present · do-support	Passing						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	study	gerund							vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the test					easy property	tree rules

Option 2

No test can ever be easy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 easy	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 easy	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 easy	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 easy	cop
6	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	no test				ever	easy property	tree rules

Option 3

Playing games all week is what makes you pass tests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 makes	csubj
2	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Playing	obj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 week	det
4	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obl:unmarked
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 makes	cop
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 makes	nsubj
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 makes	obj
9	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 makes	xcomp
10	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		games			week		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
2	is	present						make property	tree rules
3	pass	infinitive		tests					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory

Option 4

Amira must have studied in secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 studied	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 studied	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 studied	aux
4	studied	study	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 secret	case
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 studied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	must · perfect	Amira			secret			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=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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