Test 13 · ★ · Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the…

What did the dad say from the cabin, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: do, say · To what, where: cabin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 359 «Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship» of the books 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 cabin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cabin	det
8	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	5 say	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the dad			the cabin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stay where you are, son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 where	compound
2	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 where	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 where	cop
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 where	punct
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 where	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	infinitive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	you					son vocative; where property	tree rules

Option 2

Speak louder, son, I can't hear what you're saying over the fire

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 son	punct
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speak	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hear	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 hear	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hear	advmod
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Speak	conj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 saying	obj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 saying	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 saying	aux
13	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 hear	ccomp
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 fire	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fire	det
16	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here		son vocative; loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	can	I			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present · progressive	you	the fire		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Speak louder, I can't hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hear	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hear	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hear	advmod
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Speak	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	can	I						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Speak louder, son, I can't hear you, come closer to me

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 son	punct
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speak	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hear	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 hear	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hear	advmod
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Speak	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hear	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
12	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Speak	conj
13	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 come	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 me	case
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here			son vocative; loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	can	I	you			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
3	come	infinitive	you not said here		me	close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location

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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