Test 9 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

Mum on the phone: "The GP's signed me off for a fortnight, I'm running on empty." What does this tell you?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, I, this · What happens: sign off, run, tell · To what, where: me, empty, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» 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: Mum on the phone: "The GP's signed me off for a fortnight, I'm running on empty."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signed	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 signed	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 signed	punct
7	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 GP	det
8	GP	GP	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 signed	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 GP	case
10	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 signed	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 signed	compound:prt
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 fortnight	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fortnight	det
15	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 running	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 running	nsubj
18	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 running	aux
19	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 signed	parataxis
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 empty	case
21	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 running	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 running	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 running	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign off in a quote	participle	Mum on the phone	me			fortnight		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	run in a quote	present · progressive	I			empty			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on empty=Trajectory

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 does this tell you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	this		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

She has signed up to run a race in a fortnight with her friends from work

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 signed	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 signed	aux
3	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 signed	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 run	mark
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 signed	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 race	det
8	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 run	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 fortnight	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fortnight	det
11	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 run	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 friends	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 friends	nmod:poss
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 run	obl
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 work	case
16	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 friends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign up	present · perfect	She						vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	run	to-infinitive	She not said here	a race			fortnight	with her friends from work	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Product with friend=Material

Option 2

She has left her job and will start a new one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 job	nmod:poss
5	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 start	cc
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 start	aux
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 left	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	present · perfect	She	her job	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme
2	start	future	She not said here	a new one	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality
3	job		her = she		nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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

A doctor has said she must rest from work for two weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rest	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 rest	aux
7	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 work	case
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rest	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 weeks	case
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 weeks	nummod
12	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · perfect	a doctor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rest	must	doctor			work	week		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She has run out of petrol on the way to work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 run	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 petrol	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 petrol	case
6	petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 way	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 work	mark
11	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present · perfect	She			petrol		on the way	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out petrol=Trajectory
2	work	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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