Test 12 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

late for class cos the bus, oh and my laces broke, what do i say

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: laces, i · What happens: break, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 late	obl
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 bus	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bus	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 late	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 late	punct
8	oh	oh	INTJ	_	1 late	discourse
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 broke	cc
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 laces	nmod:poss
11	laces	lace	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 broke	nsubj
12	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 late	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 say	punct
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 say	obj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 say	aux
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 say	nsubj
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 late	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	my laces						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present · do-support	i						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Stand at the door until asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 door	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 asked	mark
6	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the door			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location
2	ask speech: ask	participle	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Say nothing and sneak in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sneak	cc
4	sneak	sneak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nothing	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	2 nothing	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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

Say sorry I'm late and sit down quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	obj
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 late	nsubj
4	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 late	cop
5	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sorry	acl:relcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sit	cc
7	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sit	compound:prt
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 sit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	sorry		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
2	is	present	I		late property	tree rules
3	sit down	present	you not said here		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell the whole story loudly so everyone knows it wasn't your fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 story	amod
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 knows	mark
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fault	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fault	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 fault	advmod
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fault	nmod:poss
13	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole story	loudly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
2	know	present	everyone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	not is a	past	story	your fault		tree rules

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