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Test 1 · Check the claim, not the person

Mum: "Is she wrong, Tom? Two plus two? Go on, check." Tom: "...It's four." What did Mum teach him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, you, It, Mum · What happens: be, go on, check, teach · To what, where: four, Tom

This is test 1 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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: Mum: "Is she wrong, Tom?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 wrong	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 wrong	punct
4	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	cop
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrong	nsubj
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Mum	parataxis
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Tom	punct
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	vocative
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	she					Tom vocative; wrong property	tree 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: Two plus two?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	3 two	cc
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Two	conj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Two	punct

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

Sentence 3: Go on, check."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct
4	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	imperative	you not said here						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	infinitive							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: Tom: "...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Tom	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Tom	punct
4	...	...	PUNCT	_	1 Tom	punct

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

Sentence 5: It's four."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 four	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 four	cop
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 four	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 four	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	four					tree rules

Sentence 6: What did Mum teach him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 teach	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 teach	aux
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 teach	nsubj
4	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 teach	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 teach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past · do-support	Mum		Tom				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient he=Topic

The options

Option 1

Little kids are always right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 right	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 right	advmod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Little kids					always, right property	tree rules

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

Check the claim, not the age of whoever said it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 claim	det
3	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 age	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 age	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 whoever	case
9	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 age	conj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 whoever	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	the claim			the age		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past		claim					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Maths changes as you get older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 get	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 changes	advcl
6	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Maths						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	you					old property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Big brothers should never check

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 brothers	amod
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 check	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 check	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 check	advmod
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	should	Big brothers						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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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