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Test 1 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe…

Mum: "Less, Tom. L-E-S-S. Not 'never'." What is the fair next step for Tom?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fair next step · What happens: be

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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: "Less, Tom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Less	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Less	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Less	punct
4	Less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Tom	punct
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Less	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Less	punct

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

Sentence 2: L-E-S-S.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	L	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 E	punct
3	E	E	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 L	appos
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 S	punct
5	S	S	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 E	conj
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 S	punct
7	S	S	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 E	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 L	punct

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

Sentence 3: Not 'never'."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 never	advmod
2	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 never	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 never	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 never	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 never	punct

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

Sentence 4: What is the fair next step for Tom?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 step	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 step	amod
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 step	amod
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Tom	case
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 step	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fair next step for Tom						tree rules

The options

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

Argue about how much less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	5 less	case
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 less	amod
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Argue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about less=Topic

Option 2

Say she wants him to have no fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 fun	det
8	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	present	she	him = he					tree rules
3	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	no fun					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient

Option 3

Stop talking to her for a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talking	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	talk	gerund	you not said here		her = she		week		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent

Option 4

Spell "never" back at her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 never	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 back	advmod
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 never	punct
5	back	back	ADV	_	1 Spell	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spell	nmod

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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