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Test 7 · ★ · Closed doors, whispers and secrets

You asked Mum for a sleepover, she said «ask your father», and you tell Dad «Mum said it's fine». What happens?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, Mum · What happens: ask, say, tell, be, happen · To what, where: father, Dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» 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: You asked Mum for a sleepover, she said «ask your father», and you tell Dad «Mum said it's fine».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 sleepover	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sleepover	det
6	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
11	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ask	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tell	cc
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 tell	nsubj
18	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
19	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
21	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	ccomp
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 fine	expl
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 fine	cop
25	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 said	ccomp
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	You					for a sleepover	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive			your father				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient
4	tell speech: assert	present	you		Dad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic
5	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is in a quote	present						fine property	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: What happens?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

You get the sleepover with no problem at all, and a takeaway too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sleepover	det
4	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 problem	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 problem	det
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 problem	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 takeaway	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 takeaway	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 takeaway	det
13	takeaway	takeaway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	parataxis
14	too	too	ADV	_	2 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	You	the sleepover				with no problem at all	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleepover=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Mum forgets she ever said anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgets	nsubj
2	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgets	parataxis
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	Mum						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Mum	anything			ever		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It backfires when they talk to each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 backfires	nsubj
2	backfires	backfire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 talk	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 talk	nsubj
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 backfires	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 each	case
7	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	5 talk	obl
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	backfire	present	It						tree rules
2	talk	present	they					to each	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent

Option 4

Dad gives you two sleepovers instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 gives	iobj
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sleepovers	nummod
5	sleepovers	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gives	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Dad	two sleepovers	you			instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sleepover=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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