Test 12 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

home alone 20 min, someone knocking, says hes the plumber

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: home · What happens: knock, say · To what, where: hes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 home	advmod
3	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 min	nummod
4	min	minute	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	1 home	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 someone	punct
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 min	appos
7	knocking	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 someone	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 home	punct
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	hes	he	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plumber	det
12	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	gerund							vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	home and 20 min	hes					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme plumber=Manner

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

Open it, plumbers are safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Open	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 safe	punct
4	plumbers	plumber	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Open	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	it					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	plumbers					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Let him in if he sounds kind and says mum sent him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 sounds	mark
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 sounds	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sounds	nsubj
6	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	advcl
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sounds	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sounds	conj
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	nsubj
11	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 says	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	sound a condition, not said to happen	present	he		kind property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	he not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	send	past	mum	him = he		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

Open it a bit to see his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Open	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Open	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	it				a bit obl:unmarked	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here	his face					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not open the door, call your parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 open	advmod
3	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 open	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 call	punct
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 parents	nmod:poss
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not open	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		your parents				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

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