Test 19 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

grown ups went quiet n said "not in front of the kids" when i came in the living room

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: grown ups, quiet n, i · What happens: grow, go, say, come · To what, where: front, living room · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ups	amod
2	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 n	amod
5	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 front	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 front	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 kids	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kids	det
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 front	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 came	advmod
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 room	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 room	det
20	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 room	compound
21	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	grown ups		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	quiet n	front of the kids	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in front=Manner
4	come	past	i	the living room	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

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

It means there is a surprise present for you hidden somewhere, so go and search for it

The tree, 17 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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 present	det
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	compound
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 hidden	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 hidden	nsubj
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 present	nmod
11	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 hidden	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
14	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 search	cc
16	search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 go	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	a surprise present for hidden	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	search	infinitive			for present	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 2

It means you must listen quietly at the door to find out the secret

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 listen	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 listen	aux
5	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 listen	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 listen	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 listen	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 find	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 secret	det
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	listen	must	you		at the door; quietly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme
3	find out	to-infinitive	you not said here	the secret		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic

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

It is private grown-up talk; give them space, and ask a parent later if worried

The tree, 16 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	7 talk	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 talk	cop
3	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 talk	amod
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 talk	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 grown	compound:prt
7	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 give	punct
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 talk	parataxis
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	iobj
11	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ask	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ask	cc
14	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 give	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 parent	det
16	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ask	obj
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 ask	advmod
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 worried	mark
19	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	grow up	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	It	private grown talk			tree rules
3	give	infinitive		space	them = they		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient space=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	infinitive			a parent	late property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 4

It means you did something wrong

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 did	obj
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	you	something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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