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Test 9 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react

Your mate: "My mum was well embarrassed when I asked about it, so I won't ask again." What would you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, I, you · What happens: be, ask, not ask, tell · To what, where: mate, him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» 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: Your mate: "My mum was well embarrassed when I asked about it, so I won't ask again."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 ask	obl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 embarrassed	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 embarrassed	punct
5	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 embarrassed	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 embarrassed	cop
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 embarrassed	advmod
9	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mate	conj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 asked	advmod
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 asked	nsubj
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 embarrassed	advcl
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 asked	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ask	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 ask	advmod
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 ask	nsubj
18	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 ask	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 ask	advmod
20	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
21	again	again	ADV	_	20 ask	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 ask	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	My mum					embarrassed, well property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	I					about mate	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
3	not ask speech: ask in a quote	future	I	Your mate			again		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 would you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 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	would	you		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His mum must be angry with him for weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 angry	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 angry	cop
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 angry	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 weeks	case
9	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	His mum				week	with him = he; angry property	tree rules

Option 2

He should ask other kids at school instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ask	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kids	amod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ask	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	He		other kids	school		instead property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Embarrassed isn't angry; asking was still right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 asking	punct
6	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 angry	advcl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 right	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 right	advmod
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 asking	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Embarrassed					angry property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	Embarrassed not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is not said to happen	past	Embarrassed not said here				still	right property	tree rules

Option 4

He's right, never ask grown-ups anything awkward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ups	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 grown	punct
9	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 anything	compound
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 ask	obj
11	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 anything	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not ask speech: ask	infinitive	He not said here	anything					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient
3	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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