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Test 6 · A day at a grown-up's job

Dad walks in at 7.30, wet and muttering: "Two hours on that train, two hours." What is the kind thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, kind thing · What happens: walk in, mutter, be, do · To what, where: 7.30

This is test 6 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: Dad walks in at 7.30, wet and muttering: "Two hours on that train, two hours."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 walks	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 7.30	case
5	7.30	7.30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 walks	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wet	punct
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 walks	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 muttering	cc
9	muttering	mutter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wet	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 hours	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hours	punct
12	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 hours	nummod
13	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walks	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 train	case
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 train	det
16	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hours	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 hours	punct
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 hours	nummod
19	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hours	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walks	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in	present	Dad			7.30	hour		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7.30=Trajectory
2	mutter speech: assert	gerund	Dad not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: What is the kind thing to do?

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	5 thing	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kind thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the kind thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Remind him he promised to play football with you after school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Remind	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 promised	nsubj
4	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Remind	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 promised	xcomp
7	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 play	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 play	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise	past	he						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	football			after school	with you	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent football=Theme with you=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Say hi and let him settle before asking for things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hi	hi	INTJ	_	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 let	cc
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 asking	mark
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 settle	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 things	case
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asking	obl

#	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 NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
3	settle	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ask speech: ask	gerund	him = he not said here					for things	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Ask him straight away to sign a school form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sign	mark
6	sign	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 form	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 form	compound
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he			away property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sign not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	a school form					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent form=Destination

Option 4

Tell him the train is his own fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 train	det
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fault	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fault	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fault	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fault	amod
8	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is a	present	the train	his own fault					tree rules

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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