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Test 1 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

A girl in Houston is told she can stay home alone for an hour. Which plan is best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, plan · What happens: tell, stay, be · To what, where: girl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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

Sentence 1: A girl in Houston is told she can stay home alone for an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Houston	case
4	Houston	Houston	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stay	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 stay	aux
9	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	ccomp
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 stay	advmod
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 stay	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 hour	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hour	det
14	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stay	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		a girl in Houston					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay	can	girl				hour	alone, home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Which plan is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 best	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 best	cop
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which plan					good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

She can invite friends and cook pasta

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 invite	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 invite	aux
3	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 invite	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cook	cc
6	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 invite	conj
7	pasta	pasta	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	can	She		friends				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	cook	infinitive	She not said here	pasta					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pasta=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She tells the delivery man she is alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	compound
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 alone	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 alone	cop
8	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tells	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	She		the delivery man				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient
2	is	present	she					alone property	tree rules

Option 3

She keeps the front door wide open so fresh air can come in all the time

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
4	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 door	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
6	wide	wide	ADV	_	5 door	advmod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 air	amod
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keeps	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 time	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 time	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	She	the front door				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
2	come	can	fresh air				time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She knows when mum returns, how to call her, and not to use the oven

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 returns	mark
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returns	nsubj
5	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 call	punct
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 call	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 call	mark
9	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 returns	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 call	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 use	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 use	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 use	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 use	mark
15	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 oven	det
17	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	She						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	return	present	mum						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	call	to-infinitive	mum not said here		mum				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
4	not use	to-infinitive		the oven					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oven=Patient

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