Test 3 · ★★ · Going to the doctor and the chemist
Nan in Brisbane rings: "Love, can you grab my scripts from the chemist, they're ready." What is she asking?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nan, you, scripts, my · What happens: ring, grab, be, script, ask · To what, where: Love, scripts, chemist
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» 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: Nan in Brisbane rings: "Love, can you grab my scripts from the chemist, they're ready."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rings | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Brisbane | case |
| 3 | Brisbane | Brisbane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Nan | nmod |
| 4 | rings | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 Love | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Love | punct |
| 7 | Love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rings | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 grab | punct |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 grab | aux |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 grab | nsubj |
| 11 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Love | acl:relcl |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 scripts | nmod:poss |
| 13 | scripts | script | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 grab | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 chemist | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 chemist | det |
| 16 | chemist | chemist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 grab | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ready | punct |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 ready | nsubj |
| 19 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 ready | cop |
| 20 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rings | advcl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 ready | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 ready | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | present | Nan in Brisbane | Love | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ||||
| 2 | grab in a quote | can | you | my scripts | the chemist | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent script=Theme from chemist=Source | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | scripts = script | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | script in a quote | my | nom script «communication transitive»: poss=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 she asking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 asking | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asking | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asking | nsubj |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | Nan | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
To post her letters at the post office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 post | mark |
| 2 | post | post | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 letters | nmod:poss |
| 4 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 post | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 office | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 office | det |
| 7 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 office | compound |
| 8 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 post | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | to-infinitive | her letters | the post office | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | letter | her = she | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To collect her prescription medicines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 collect | mark |
| 2 | collect | collect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 medicines | nmod:poss |
| 4 | prescription | prescription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 medicines | compound |
| 5 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 collect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | to-infinitive | her prescription medicines | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme | |||||
| 2 | medicine | her = she | nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
To pick up her new glasses from the shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 pick | mark |
| 2 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 pick | compound:prt |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 glasses | nmod:poss |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 glasses | amod |
| 6 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pick | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 shop | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shop | det |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | to-infinitive | her new glasses | the shop | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Topic |
Option 4
To buy her some nice writing paper in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 buy | mark |
| 2 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 buy | iobj |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 paper | det |
| 5 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 writing | amod |
| 6 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 paper | compound |
| 7 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buy | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | to-infinitive | some writing paper | her = she | town | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary paper=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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