Test 5 · A day at a grown-up's job

Your little brother says: "Mum's going on holiday without us to a hotel!" Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, Mum, you · What happens: say, go, put · To what, where: holiday, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life 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: Your little brother says: "Mum's going on holiday without us to a hotel!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 going	aux
9	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 holiday	case
11	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	obl
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 us	case
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 going	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 hotel	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hotel	det
16	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	obl
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Your little brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	present · progressive	Mum			holiday		without us; to a hotel	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hotel=Initial_Location

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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		brother			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is right, it's a secret holiday for grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 holiday	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 holiday	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 holiday	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 holiday	det
8	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 holiday	amod
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 ups	case
11	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 ups	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 grown	punct
13	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 holiday	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a secret holiday	for grown ups	tree rules
3	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She is moving to the hotel for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 moving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moving	aux
3	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 hotel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hotel	det
6	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 good	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	She			the hotel		for good	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hotel=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a business trip, mostly meetings, and she'll miss home

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	5 trip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trip	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trip	det
4	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trip	compound
5	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meetings	punct
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	8 meetings	advmod
8	meetings	meeting	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trip	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 miss	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 miss	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 miss	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 miss	aux
13	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trip	parataxis
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 miss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a business trip and meetings					tree rules
2	miss	future	she					home property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The hotel is where her new job is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hotel	det
2	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 where	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 where	cop
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 job	nmod:poss
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 job	amod
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 where	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the hotel					where property	tree rules
2	job		her = she						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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