Test 10 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…
A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, just watch it." What is the right choice?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sleepover, right choice · What happens: not ring, be, watch · To what, where: mum, sleepover
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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: A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, just watch it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 sleepover | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sleepover | det |
| 5 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| 8 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 ring | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 ring | advmod |
| 10 | ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 friend | appos |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mum | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 embarrassing | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 embarrassing | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 embarrassing | cop |
| 16 | embarrassing | embarrassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ring | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 watch | punct |
| 18 | just | just | ADV | _ | 19 watch | advmod |
| 19 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 ring | advcl |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 watch | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ring in a quote | infinitive · do-support | your mum | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mum=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | sleepover | embarrassing property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | watch in a quote | infinitive | sleepover | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 is the right choice?
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 choice | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Go home without telling anybody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 4 telling | mark |
| 4 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Go | advcl |
| 5 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | anybody | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anybody=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Pretend to watch with eyes closed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 watch | mark |
| 3 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pretend | xcomp |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 eyes | case |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 watch | obl |
| 6 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 watch | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | to-infinitive | with eyes | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | close | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Ring home or leave the room anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Ring | advmod |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 leave | cc |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ring | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 room | det |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obj |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | the room | anyway property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |
Option 4
Watch it so the friend isn't upset
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Watch | obj |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 upset | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 upset | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 upset | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 upset | advmod |
| 8 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Watch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | the friend | upset property | tree rules |
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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