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Test 2 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel

Mum: "It should be open and it isn't, Dave. Like your mind." Dad: "...Fair. I was wrong. Let's get chips." What made it end well?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, your, I, you, 's, mind · What happens: be, not be, mind, let, get, make · To what, where: Dave, 's, chips, mind

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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: "It should be open and it isn't, Dave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 open	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 open	punct
4	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 open	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 open	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 open	cop
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Mum	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Dave	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 Dave	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 Dave	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 Dave	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Dave	punct
13	Dave	Dave	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 open	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Mum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	should	It					open property	tree rules
2	not is a in a quote	present	it	Dave					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: Like your mind."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 mind	case
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mind	nmod:poss
3	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mind	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 mind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mind		your						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 3: Dad: "...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Sentence 4: Fair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fair	punct

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

Sentence 5: I was wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I					wrong property	tree rules

Sentence 6: Let's get chips."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	get	infinitive	's not said here	chips					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chip=Stimulus

Sentence 7: What made it end well?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 end	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		mind					tree rules
2	end	infinitive	mind not said here					well property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Dad proved the shop was wrong to close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proved	nsubj
2	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shop	det
4	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proved	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 close	mark
8	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wrong	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	Dad						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the shop					wrong property	tree rules
3	close	to-infinitive	the shop not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Mum stopped talking to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stopped	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 talking	obl

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dad admitted it and moved on to a fix

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admitted	nsubj
2	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admitted	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 moved	cc
5	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 admitted	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 moved	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 fix	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fix	det
9	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	Dad	it					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	move on	past	Dad not said here			a fix			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to fix=Trajectory

Option 4

The shop opened after all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	nsubj
3	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the shop				after all		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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