Test 21 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

heard mum n dad arguing in the bedroom bout "who she was texting"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: n dad, bedroom bout · What happens: hear, argue, be · To what, where: mum, bedroom bout, texting · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
3	n	n	X	_	4 dad	compound
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
5	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 dad	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 bout	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bout	det
8	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bout	compound
9	bout	bout	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arguing	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 bout	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 texting	nsubj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 texting	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 texting	cop
14	texting	texting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bout	parataxis
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 texting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past		mum		tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund	n dad not said here		the bedroom bout	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	past	the bedroom bout	texting		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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Read the texts on mum's phone yourself to find out who she was texting and tell dad

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 texts	det
3	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Read	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 phone	case
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 phone	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mum	case
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obl
8	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Read	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 find	mark
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Read	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 find	compound:prt
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 texting	obj
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 texting	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 texting	aux
15	texting	text	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 find	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tell	cc
17	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Read	conj
18	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the texts		mum's phone	yourself obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Topic
2	find out	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	text	past · progressive	she					tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		dad			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is not your fault; do not spread it, and tell a trusted adult if you are worried

The tree, 18 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 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 fault	advmod
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fault	nmod:poss
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 spread	punct
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 spread	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 spread	advmod
9	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fault	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spread	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tell	cc
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 spread	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
15	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 adult	amod
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 worried	mark
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 worried	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 worried	cop
20	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	your fault			tree rules
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support		fault			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you			worried property	tree rules

Option 3

Tell everyone at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone	school			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 4

Go in and pick a side, because they need you to tell them who is right

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pick	cc
4	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 side	det
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 need	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 need	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 tell	mark
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 need	xcomp
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 tell	iobj
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	go in	imperative	you not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pick	infinitive	you not said here	a side			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient
3	need	present	they	you			tree rules
4	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
5	is	present				right property	tree rules

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