Test 14 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

home alone, man at the door says he's from the gas

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: home, man · What happens: say, be · To what, where: gas · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 home	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 man	punct
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 home	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gas	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 gas	cop
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 gas	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gas	det
13	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	home and man at the door						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	man			the gas			tree rules

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

Open a bit to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Open	advcl

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't open, say a parent is busy, call your parent

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	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 open	advmod
3	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 busy	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 busy	cop
9	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 call	punct
11	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	conj
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parent	nmod:poss
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	not open	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a parent		busy property	tree rules
4	call	infinitive	you not said here	your parent		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3

Let him in, he has a badge

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	ADP	_	1 Let	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 badge	det
8	badge	badge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	have	present	he	a badge					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badge=Patient

Option 4

Ask him to wait inside the hall while you phone your mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 phone	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 phone	nsubj
10	phone	phone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wait	advcl
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 phone	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		the hall	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside hall=Location
3	phone	present	you	your mum		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

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