Test 11 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

guy at the door selling stuff, says its a bargain

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: door, guy · What happens: sell, say, bargain · To what, where: stuff, bargain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» 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	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 door	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 guy	nmod
5	selling	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 door	acl
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 selling	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 guy	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bargain	nmod:poss
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bargain	det
11	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sell	gerund	the door not said here	stuff	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	guy at the door	guy's bargain	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bargain=Topic
3	bargain		guy		nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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

Tell him where your parents keep their money so he can wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 keep	advmod
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parents	nmod:poss
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 money	nmod:poss
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 wait	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wait	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 wait	aux
12	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	keep	present	your parents	parents's money		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	wait	can	he			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Let him in to show you

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	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 show	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3

Give him money to be nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 nice	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 nice	cop
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Give	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	money	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					nice property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say no politely and close the door or get a grown-up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	politely	politely	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 close	cc
5	close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 get	cc
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 up	det
11	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 up	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 up	punct
13	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		politely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	close	infinitive	you not said here	the door		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	get	infinitive	you not said here	a grown up		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer up=Stimulus
4	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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