Test 7 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

Why is leaving a party without a word a problem?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: leave · To what, where: party

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 leaving	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 leaving	aux
3	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaving	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 word	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaving	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 problem	det
10	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaving	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 leaving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · progressive		a party				without a word	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent party=Theme problem=Attribute

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 · ✓ the right answer

It can seem rude or ungrateful to the host

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	3 seem	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 seem	aux
3	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seem	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 ungrateful	cc
6	ungrateful	ungrateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rude	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 host	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 host	det
9	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ungrateful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	can	It					rude property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Parties cannot end until everyone says goodbye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 end	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 end	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 end	advmod
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 says	mark
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 end	advcl
8	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not end	can	Parties						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	everyone	goodbye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic

Option 3

The host will not know how many cakes are left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 host	det
2	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 many	advmod
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cakes	amod
8	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 left	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 left	aux:pass
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	future	the host						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	leave	present · passive		many cakes					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Party bags are only given to those who say goodbye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bags	compound
2	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 given	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux:pass
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 given	advmod
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 those	case
7	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 given	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 those	acl:relcl
10	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		Party bags	those				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to that=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present		goodbye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic

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