Test 18 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

kids reckon old Mr Hill next door "hasn't been seen in a year, he's a ghost now" lol. what's the real thing to do

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, he · What happens: reckon, not see, be, do · To what, where: old Hill next door, ghost, real thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
4	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Hill	compound
5	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	nsubj:pass
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 door	punct
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 seen	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 seen	advmod
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 seen	aux:pass
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reckon	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ghost	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 ghost	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 ghost	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 ghost	det
20	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckon	parataxis
21	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 ghost	advmod
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 ghost	punct
23	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 reckon	discourse
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckon	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 thing	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 thing	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 thing	det
28	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 thing	amod
29	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckon	ccomp
30	to	to	PART	_	31 do	mark
31	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 thing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	reckon	present	kids			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not see in a quote	present · perfect · passive		old Hill next door	year	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	is a in a quote	present	he	a ghost	now	tree rules
4	is a	present		the real thing		tree rules
5	do	to-infinitive	kids not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Climb his fence and look through every window to find him yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 fence	nmod:poss
3	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 look	cc
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Climb	conj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 window	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 window	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 find	mark
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 look	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 find	obj
12	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here	his fence		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fence=Theme
2	look	present	you not said here		through every window	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he	yourself obl	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 2

Leave him alone, it is only a ghost story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 story	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 story	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 story	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 story	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 story	det
9	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 story	compound
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	him = he				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is a	present	it	a ghost story					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Post it online so everyone can check on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	online	online	ADV	_	1 Post	advmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 check	mark
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 check	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 check	aux
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Post	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it				online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	check	can	everyone					on him = he	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a grown-up you have not seen him, he may need help

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grown	det
3	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 grown	compound
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 seen	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seen	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 seen	advmod
9	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Tell	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 seen	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 need	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 need	aux
14	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	parataxis
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a grown	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not see	present · perfect	you	him = he	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	need	may	he	help	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

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