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Test 1 · ★ · What people leave behind

Overheard on the phone: "The solicitor says nothing can be sold till probate's done, could be months." Why is Mum fed up?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: solicitor, probate · What happens: overhear, say, sell, do, be, feed up · To what, where: phone, nothing, months, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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: Overheard on the phone: "The solicitor says nothing can be sold till probate's done, could be months."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 says	ccomp
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 Overheard	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 solicitor	det
8	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 sold	nsubj:pass
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sold	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 sold	aux:pass
13	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 says	ccomp
14	till	till	SCONJ	_	17 done	mark
15	probate	probate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 done	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 done	aux
17	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 sold	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 months	punct
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 months	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 months	cop
21	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sold	obl:unmarked
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	participle				the phone			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the solicitor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sell in a quote	can · passive		nothing					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	do in a quote	present · passive	probate						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a in a quote	could		months					tree rules

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: Why is Mum fed up?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fed	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	aux:pass
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	nsubj
4	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 fed	compound:prt
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed up	present · passive		Mum					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

The options

Option 1

The house has already been sold to strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sold	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	6 sold	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 sold	aux:pass
6	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 strangers	case
8	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present · perfect · passive		the house	strangers				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to stranger=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The paperwork to deal with the dead person's property is slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paperwork	det
2	paperwork	paperwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 slow	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 deal	mark
4	deal	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 paperwork	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	10 property	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 property	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deal	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 slow	cop
12	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deal	to-infinitive	the paperwork not said here					with the dead person's property	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with property=Theme
2	is	present	the paperwork					slow property	tree rules

Option 3

Probate is a disease spreading in the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Probate	probate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disease	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disease	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disease	det
4	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	spreading	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disease	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spreading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Probate	a disease					tree rules
2	spread	gerund	a disease not said here			the family			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in family=Location

Option 4

The solicitor secretly wants to buy the house cheaply for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 solicitor	det
2	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	nsubj
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 wants	advmod
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj
9	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	_	6 buy	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the solicitor					secretly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	the solicitor not said here	the house				for solicitor; cheaply property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent house=Theme for himself=Beneficiary

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