Test 13 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

new neighbour says come see the puppies inside

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new neighbour · What happens: say, come, see · To what, where: puppies · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 neighbour	amod
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 puppies	det
7	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	obj
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	new neighbour			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	infinitive	new neighbour not said here	the puppies	inside property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puppy=Stimulus

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

Go in quickly, puppies are cute

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	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cute	punct
5	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cute	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cute	cop
7	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in	imperative	you not said here					quickly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	puppies					cute property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Climb up to the window and look through it at the puppies instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Climb	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 look	cc
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Climb	conj
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 look	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 puppies	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 puppies	det
12	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 look	obl
13	instead	instead	ADV	_	7 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	imperative	you not said here			the window			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to window=Destination
2	look	infinitive	you not said here					at the puppies; through window; instead property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ask your parent first, never go in without them knowing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parent	nmod:poss
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Ask	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 go	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 go	obl
11	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	your parent	first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	not go in	infinitive	you not said here		without them = they	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	gerund	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Go in if he seems nice

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 seems	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 seems	nsubj
5	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	he					nice property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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