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Test 4 · "How do you know?"

Ruby: "Grandad, I looked it up. You got played by 1940." What tricked Grandad?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby · What happens: look up, play, trick · To what, where: it, You, Grandad

This is test 4 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» 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: Ruby: "Grandad, I looked it up.

nsubjpunctpunctconjpunctnsubjobjcompound:prtpunctrootRubyPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTGrandadPROPN,PUNCTIPRONlookedVERBitPRONupADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RubyRubyPROPNNumber=Sing7 lookednsubj
2::PUNCT_4 Grandadpunct
3""PUNCT_4 Grandadpunct
4GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing1 Rubyconj
5,,PUNCT_1 Rubypunct
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 lookednsubj
7lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 lookedobj
9upupADP_7 lookedcompound:prt
10..PUNCT_7 lookedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1look up in a quotepastRuby and Grandaditvn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute

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 got played by 1940."

nsubjaux:passcaseoblpunctpunctrootYouPRONgotAUXplayedVERBbyADP1940NUM.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 playednsubj
2gotgetAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 playedaux:pass
3playedplayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4bybyADP_5 1940case
519401940NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card3 playedobl
6..PUNCT_3 playedpunct
7""PUNCT_3 playedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1playpast · passiveYouby 1940vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Sentence 3: What tricked Grandad?

nsubjobjpunctrootWhatPRONtrickedVERBGrandadPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 trickednsubj
2trickedtrickVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing2 trickedobj
4??PUNCT_2 trickedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trickpastGrandadvn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandad=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A wartime story spread to hide radar

detcompoundnsubjmarkadvclobjrootADETwartimeNOUNstoryNOUNspreadVERBtoPARThideVERBradarNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 storydet
2wartimewartimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 storycompound
3storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing4 spreadnsubj
4spreadspreadVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5totoPART_6 hidemark
6hidehideVERBVerbForm=Inf4 spreadadvcl
7radarradarNOUNNumber=Sing6 hideobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spreadpasta wartime storyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2hideto-infinitivea wartime story not said hereradarvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent radar=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A real study of pilots who ate carrots

detamodcasenmodnsubjacl:relclobjrootADETrealADJstudyNOUNofADPpilotsNOUNwhoPRONateVERBcarrotsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 studydet
2realrealADJDegree=Pos3 studyamod
3studystudyNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ofofADP_5 pilotscase
5pilotspilotNOUNNumber=Plur3 studynmod
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 atensubj
7ateeatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 pilotsacl:relcl
8carrotscarrotNOUNNumber=Plur7 ateobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatpastpilotscarrotsvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient
2studypilotsnom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A cartoon about a rabbit

detcasedetnmodrootADETcartoonNOUNaboutADPaDETrabbitNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3aboutaboutADP_5 rabbitcase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 rabbitdet
5rabbitrabbitNOUNNumber=Sing2 cartoonnmod

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

Option 4

Advice from a doctor today

casedetnmodobl:unmarkedrootAdviceNOUNfromADPaDETdoctorNOUNtodayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AdviceadviceNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2fromfromADP_4 doctorcase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 doctordet
4doctordoctorNOUNNumber=Sing1 Advicenmod
5todaytodayNOUNNumber=Sing1 Adviceobl:unmarked

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

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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