Test 8 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

you're asked: "go tell your mum she can get her own tea then". what's the best thing to say

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: ask, go, tell, get, be, say · To what, where: you, mum, own tea, best thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	aux:pass
3	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	ccomp
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	xcomp
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tell	ccomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 tea	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tea	amod
15	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 get	advmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 thing	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 thing	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 thing	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 thing	amod
23	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	ccomp
24	to	to	PART	_	25 say	mark
25	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 thing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · passive		you			vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	infinitive					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			your mum		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
4	get in a quote	can	she	her own tea		then	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tea=Stimulus
5	is a	present		the best thing			tree rules
6	say speech: assert	to-infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"Can you tell her yourself?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
2	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 tell	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	can	you	yourself	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 2

Refuse to speak to anyone ever again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 speak	mark
3	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 anyone	case
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 speak	obl
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 again	advmod
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not speak speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here				again	to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

Option 3

Change it to something nice without asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Change	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Change	obl
5	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 something	amod
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 asking	mark
7	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Change	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	it				to something	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Shout the message even louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 message	det
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obj
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 louder	advmod
5	louder	loud	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	the message				loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic

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