Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
Kitchen door shuts, low voices, then Mum comes out with red eyes and says «Gran's in hospital, we'll know more tomorrow.» What should you do now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kitchen door, Mum, Gran, we, you · What happens: shut, come out, say, know, do · To what, where: low voices, hospital · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» 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: Kitchen door shuts, low voices, then Mum comes out with red eyes and says «Gran's in hospital, we'll know more tomorrow.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 door | compound |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shuts | nsubj |
| 3 | shuts | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 voices | punct |
| 5 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 voices | amod |
| 6 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shuts | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 comes | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 comes | advmod |
| 9 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 comes | nsubj |
| 10 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shuts | conj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 comes | compound:prt |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 eyes | case |
| 13 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 eyes | amod |
| 14 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 comes | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 says | cc |
| 16 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shuts | conj |
| 17 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 Gran | punct |
| 18 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 says | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 Gran | case |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 hospital | case |
| 21 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 says | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 know | punct |
| 23 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 know | nsubj |
| 24 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 know | aux |
| 25 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 says | ccomp |
| 26 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 tomorrow | amod |
| 27 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 know | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 know | punct |
| 29 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 25 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | present | Kitchen door | low voices | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | ||||
| 2 | come out | present | Mum | then | with red eyes | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Gran | hospital | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | future | we | tomorrow | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 should you do now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | now | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask if you can help and wait for news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 help | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 help | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 help | aux |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wait | cc |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 news | case |
| 9 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | help a condition, not said to happen | can | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | for news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Ring Gran's hospital ward yourself straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ward | nsubj |
| 2 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ward | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Gran | case |
| 4 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ward | compound |
| 5 | ward | ward | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 ward | nmod |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 ward | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Tell your class Gran is very ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 class | nmod:poss |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ill | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ill | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 ill | advmod |
| 7 | ill | ill | 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 | your class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Gran | ill property | tree rules |
Option 4
Listen at the door to find out more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 door | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Listen | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 find | mark |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Listen | advcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 find | compound:prt |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | imperative | you not said here | at the door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find out | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
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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