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Test 1 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

You overhear Dad on the phone: "Thursday? Seriously? Fine, put me down... and how much? Right." Then he hangs up and groans. What has most likely happened?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, he · What happens: overhear, put down, hang up, groan, happen · To what, where: Dad, phone, me

This is test 1 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» 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: You overhear Dad on the phone: "Thursday?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 overhear	nsubj
2	overhear	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhear	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 phone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phone	det
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overhear	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Thursday	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Thursday	punct
9	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 overhear	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 overhear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	present	You	Dad		the phone	thursday		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=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: Seriously?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seriously	seriously	ADV	_	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Seriously	punct

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

Sentence 3: Fine, put me down... and how much?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	parataxis
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 put	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 put	compound:prt
6	...	...	PUNCT	_	9 much	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 much	cc
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Fine	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put down	infinitive			me				vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Goal

Sentence 4: Right."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct

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

Sentence 5: Then he hangs up and groans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 hangs	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hangs	nsubj
3	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 hangs	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 groans	cc
6	groans	groan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hangs	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hangs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang up	present	he				then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	groan	present	he not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 6: What has most likely happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happened	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 happened	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happened	advmod
5	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · perfect						likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

He has ordered a takeaway for Thursday

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 ordered	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ordered	aux
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 takeaway	det
5	takeaway	takeaway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Thursday	case
7	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	present · perfect	He	a takeaway			thursday		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent takeaway=Theme

Option 2

He has been told off by his boss for being late to work three times this week

The tree, 17 words

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	4 told	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 told	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 boss	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boss	nmod:poss
8	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 late	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 late	cop
11	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 told	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 work	mark
13	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 late	advcl
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 times	nummod
15	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 work	obl:unmarked
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 week	det
17	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 times	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	present · perfect · passive	his boss	He					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	is	gerund	his boss not said here					late property	tree rules
3	work	to-infinitive	his boss not said here				time		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He has booked a plumber who can't come soon and will be expensive

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 booked	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 booked	aux
3	booked	book	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plumber	det
5	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 booked	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 come	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 come	advmod
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 plumber	acl:relcl
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 come	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 expensive	cc
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 expensive	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 expensive	cop
14	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 booked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	book	present · perfect	He	a plumber					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plumber=Theme
2	not come	can	a plumber					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	future	He not said here					expensive property	tree rules

Option 4

He has won a prize that arrives on Thursday

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 won	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 won	aux
3	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prize	det
5	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 arrives	nsubj
7	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prize	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Thursday	case
9	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 arrives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present · perfect	He	a prize					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality
2	arrive	present	a prize				thursday		vn escape-51.1-1 «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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