Test 18 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

my cousin reckons a man said he was from the gas company n robbed a kid home alone, so never open the door. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, man · What happens: reckon, say, be, not open · To what, where: real lesson, company n, door · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	parataxis
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 robbed	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 robbed	cop
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 n	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 n	det
11	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 company	compound
12	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
13	n	n	NOUN	_	14 robbed	obl
14	robbed	rob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 kid	det
16	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 robbed	obj
17	home	home	ADV	_	14 robbed	advmod
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	14 robbed	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 open	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 open	advmod
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 open	advmod
22	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 door	det
24	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 open	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	obj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin	real lesson			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lesson=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	past	a man				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is	past	man		the company n	alone, home, rob property	tree rules
4	not open	infinitive	a man not said here	the door			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not open the door when alone; call a parent instead

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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 alone	advmod
7	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 open	advcl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 call	punct
9	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 call	obj
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 call	advmod

#	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		a parent			instead property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 2

Open it if the man shows any card

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 shows	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	advcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 card	det
8	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj

#	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	show a condition, not said to happen	present	the man	any card					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent card=Recipient

Option 3

Open it if he sounds friendly, polite and knows your mum's name

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 sounds	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sounds	nsubj
5	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	advcl
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sounds	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 polite	punct
8	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 friendly	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 knows	cc
10	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sounds	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 mum	case
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	sound a condition, not said to happen	present	he		friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	know	present	he not said here	your mum's name		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
4	name		your mum			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Open it if he says it is an emergency

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 says	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 emergency	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 emergency	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 emergency	det
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a emergency	tree rules

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