Test 3 · Dates, engagements and weddings

Gran at Sunday lunch: "So, any girlfriend then?" Your cousin mumbles "Gran!" and stares at his plate. What is the kind thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, kind thing · What happens: mumble, stare, be, do · To what, where: Gran

This is test 3 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» 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: Gran at Sunday lunch: "So, any girlfriend then?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 girlfriend	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 lunch	case
3	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lunch	compound
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 girlfriend	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 girlfriend	punct
7	So	so	ADV	_	10 girlfriend	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 girlfriend	punct
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 girlfriend	det
10	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 girlfriend	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 girlfriend	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 girlfriend	punct

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

Sentence 2: Your cousin mumbles "Gran!" and stares at his plate.

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	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mumbles	nsubj
3	mumbles	mumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Gran	punct
5	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mumbles	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Gran	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Gran	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stares	cc
9	stares	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mumbles	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 plate	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 plate	nmod:poss
12	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stares	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mumbles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mumble speech: other	present	Your cousin	Gran					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran=Topic
2	stare	present	Your cousin not said here					at Gran's plate	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at plate=Theme

Sentence 3: 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

Ask Gran to tell everyone at the table all of his secrets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tell	mark
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 tell	iobj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 table	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 secrets	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 secrets	nmod:poss
12	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Gran				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		everyone	the table all			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 2

Laugh and tell everyone at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 tell	cc
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	conj
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 tell	iobj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		everyone	school			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Change the subject and let him keep it private

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 subject	det
3	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Change	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Change	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	the subject		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	keep	infinitive	him = he not said here	subject	private property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Keep asking until he answers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 answers	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 answers	nsubj
5	answers	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	answer speech: assert	present	he	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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