Test 10 · Greeting friends and relatives

grandad cant hear me well, should i shout

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad cant, i · What happens: hear, shout · To what, where: me

This is test 10 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cant	compound
2	cant	cant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hear	obj
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 hear	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shout	punct
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 shout	aux
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 shout	nsubj
9	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	infinitive	grandad cant	me				well property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
2	shout speech: express	should	i						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

Speak fast so it's quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Speak	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 quick	advmod
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Speak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					quick property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Face him and speak clearly and a bit louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Face	face	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Face	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 speak	cc
4	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Face	conj
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 louder	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 louder	obl:unmarked
9	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Face	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination
2	speak speech: other	present	you not said here					clearly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, shout as loud as you can, that is the only way he will hear

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 loud	advmod
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shout	xcomp
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 can	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 can	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 loud	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 way	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 way	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 way	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shout	obl:unmarked
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hear	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 hear	aux
17	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 way	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here		loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	that	the only way		tree rules
3	hear	future	he	the only way not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

Option 4

Whisper close to his ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whisper	whisper	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Whisper	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 ear	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					close property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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