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Test 7 · Check the claim, not the person

Mia: "Maybe I do want it, Oliver, but did you hear my reasons? Kids need to run around." What should Oliver do now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you, Kids, Oliver · What happens: want, hear, need, run around, do · To what, where: it, reasons

This is test 7 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: Mia: "Maybe I do want it, Oliver, but did you hear my reasons?

punctpunctadvmodnsubjauxconjobjpunctobjpunctccauxnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjpunctrootMiaPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTMaybeADVIPRONdoAUXwantVERBitPRON,PUNCTOliverPROPN,PUNCTbutCCONJdidAUXyouPRONhearVERBmyPRONreasonsNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_7 wantpunct
3""PUNCT_7 wantpunct
4MaybemaybeADV_7 wantadvmod
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 wantnsubj
6dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 wantaux
7wantwantVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Miaconj
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 wantobj
9,,PUNCT_10 Oliverpunct
10OliverOliverPROPNNumber=Sing7 wantobj
11,,PUNCT_15 hearpunct
12butbutCCONJ_15 hearcc
13diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 hearaux
14youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs15 hearnsubj
15hearhearVERBVerbForm=Inf7 wantparataxis
16mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 reasonsnmod:poss
17reasonsreasonNOUNNumber=Plur15 hearobj
18??PUNCT_1 Miapunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1want in a quotepresent · do-supportIitmaybe propertyvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme oliver=Attribute
2hear in a quotepast · do-supportyoumy reasonsvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus

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: Kids need to run around."

nsubjmarkxcompadvmodpunctpunctrootKidsNOUNneedVERBtoPARTrunVERBaroundADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KidskidNOUNNumber=Plur2 neednsubj
2needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 runmark
4runrunVERBVerbForm=Inf2 needxcomp
5aroundaroundADV_4 runadvmod
6..PUNCT_2 needpunct
7""PUNCT_2 needpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpresentKidsvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2run around not said to happento-infinitiveKids not said herearound propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What should Oliver do now?

objauxnsubjadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXOliverPROPNdoVERBnowADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3OliverOliverPROPNNumber=Sing4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5nownowADVPronType=Dem4 doadvmod
6??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldOlivernowvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Walk off without a word

compound:prtcasedetoblrootWalkVERBoffADPwithoutADPaDETwordNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WalkwalkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2offoffADP_1 Walkcompound:prt
3withoutwithoutADP_5 wordcase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 worddet
5wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing1 Walkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1walk offimperativeyou not said herewithout a wordvn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Answer her reasons

objobjrootAnswerVERBherPRONreasonsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnsweranswerVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Answerobj
3reasonsreasonNOUNNumber=Plur1 Answerobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1answer speech: assertimperativeyou not said herereasonsher = shevn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme reason=Eventuality

Option 3

Change the subject to football

detobjcaseoblrootChangeVERBtheDETsubjectNOUNtoADPfootballNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChangechangeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 subjectdet
3subjectsubjectNOUNNumber=Sing1 Changeobj
4totoADP_5 footballcase
5footballfootballNOUNNumber=Sing1 Changeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1changeimperativeyou not said herethe subjectto footballvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

Call her lazy again, louder

objxcompadvmodpunctparataxisrootCallVERBherPRONlazyADJagainADV,PUNCTlouderADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CallcallVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Callobj
3lazylazyADJDegree=Pos1 Callxcomp
4againagainADV_1 Calladvmod
5,,PUNCT_6 louderpunct
6louderloudADJDegree=Cmp1 Callparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1call speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereher = sheagainlazy propertyvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=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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