Test 4 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky families. What is most likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: stranger · What happens: say, sell, be · To what, where: special prize, lucky families · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky families.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 selling	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 selling	aux
9	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 says	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 prize	det
11	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 prize	amod
12	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 selling	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 families	case
14	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 families	amod
15	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 selling	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a stranger at the door						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell	present · progressive	stranger	a special prize	lucky families				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prize=Theme to family=Recipient

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 is most likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likely	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						likely property	tree rules

The options

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

It may be a scam, so say no and fetch a grown-up

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scam	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 scam	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 scam	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 scam	det
5	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 scam	parataxis
9	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 say	discourse
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fetch	cc
11	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 say	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 up	det
13	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 up	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 up	punct
15	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a scam	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	fetch	infinitive		a grown up	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Theme

Option 2

You should let him in to explain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
3	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	3 let	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	7 explain	mark
7	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	should	You	him = he					tree rules
2	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	him = he not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He has really picked your family out of the whole street to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picked	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 picked	advmod
4	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 family	nmod:poss
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	11 street	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 street	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 street	amod
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 win	mark
13	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 picked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present · perfect · passive		He		the whole street			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary family=Theme
2	win	to-infinitive							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

You should give him your parents' bank card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 card	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 parents	case
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 card	compound
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	should	You	your parents's bank card	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient card=Theme

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