Test 4 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help Grandma asks you three times in an hour, "Have you had your tea, pet?" She has dementia. What is the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandma, you, best thing · What happens: ask, have, be, do · To what, where: you, tea, dementia · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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: Grandma asks you three times in an hour, "Have you had your tea, pet?"
nsubj obj nummod obl:unmarked case det obl punct punct aux nsubj parataxis nmod:poss obj punct conj punct punct root Grandma NOUN asks VERB you PRON three NUM times NOUN in ADP an DET hour NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT Have AUX you PRON had VERB your PRON tea NOUN , PUNCT pet NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 asks obj 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 times nummod 5 times time NOUN Number=Plur 2 asks obl:unmarked 6 in in ADP _ 8 hour case 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 hour det 8 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 had punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 13 had punct 11 Have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 had aux 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 had nsubj 13 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 2 asks parataxis 14 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 tea nmod:poss 15 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 13 had obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 pet punct 17 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 15 tea conj 18 ? ? PUNCT _ 13 had punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 13 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Grandma you hour; time vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 have in a quote present · perfect you your tea and pet vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient
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: She has dementia.
nsubj obj punct root She PRON has VERB dementia NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 dementia dementia NOUN Number=Sing 2 has obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Grandma dementia vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dementia=Patient
Sentence 3: What is the best thing to do?
cop det amod nsubj mark acl punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ thing NOUN to PART do VERB ? PUNCT 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 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 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 best thing tree rules 2 do to-infinitive the best thing not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Tell her crossly she already asked
iobj advmod nsubj advmod advcl root Tell VERB her PRON crossly ADV she PRON already ADV asked VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 crossly crossly ADV _ 1 Tell advmod 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 asked nsubj 5 already already ADV _ 6 asked advmod 6 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she crossly property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 ask speech: ask past she vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Answer kindly each time
advmod det obl:unmarked root Answer VERB kindly ADV each DET time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Answer answer VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 kindly kindly ADV _ 1 Answer advmod 3 each each DET PronType=Tot 4 time det 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 1 Answer obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 answer speech: assert imperative you not said here time kindly property vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Tell her she is being silly
iobj nsubj cop cop ccomp root Tell VERB her PRON she PRON is AUX being AUX silly ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 silly nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 silly cop 5 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 silly cop 6 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 is present she silly property tree rules
Option 4 Ignore her until she stops
obj mark nsubj advcl root Ignore VERB her PRON until SCONJ she PRON stops VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ignore ignore VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Ignore obj 3 until until SCONJ _ 5 stops mark 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 stops nsubj 5 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Ignore advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ignore imperative you not said here her = she vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme 2 stop present she vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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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