Test 8 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

A boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, mum · What happens: want, fry, be, do · To what, where: egg

This is test 8 · ★★ 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 boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Wellington	case
4	Wellington	Wellington	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fry	mark
7	fry	fry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 egg	det
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fry	obj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 out	mark
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 out	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 out	cop
14	out	out	ADV	_	7 fry	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	a boy in Wellington			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	fry not said to happen	to-infinitive	a boy in Wellington not said here	a egg		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Patient
3	is	present	boy's mum		out property	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.

Sentence 2: What should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	boy						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Fry it quickly and wash the pan before she gets back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fry	fry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Fry	obj
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Fry	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wash	cc
5	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Fry	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pan	det
7	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wash	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 gets	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gets	nsubj
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wash	advcl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 gets	advmod
12	home	home	ADV	_	10 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fry	imperative	you not said here	it	quickly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	wash	infinitive	you not said here	the pan		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Patient
3	get back	present	she		home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Use the oven instead of the hob

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oven	det
3	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	7 hob	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hob	det
7	hob	hob	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the oven				instead the hob	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oven=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wait or have a cold snack, unless he is allowed to cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 have	cc
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snack	det
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 snack	amod
6	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 allowed	punct
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	11 allowed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 allowed	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 allowed	aux:pass
11	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 cook	mark
13	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 allowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	infinitive	you not said here	a cold snack	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient
3	allow a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		he	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
4	cook not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Ask a friend to cook it for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cook	mark
5	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cook	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	cook not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	friend				for him = he	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for he=Beneficiary

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