Test 19 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

at Christmas dinner uncle asked my big sis loudly "so, got a boyfriend yet?" n she went red

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Christmas dinner uncle, n · What happens: ask, get, go · To what, where: big sis, boyfriend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» 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	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 asked	mark
2	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	compound
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	compound
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 went	advcl
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sis	nmod:poss
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sis	amod
8	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 sis	advmod
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 sis	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	5 asked	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 boyfriend	det
15	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 got	obj
16	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 got	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
19	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 went	nsubj
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 went	nsubj
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Christmas dinner uncle	my big sis			vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent sis=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past		a boyfriend	yet		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus
3	go	past	n			red property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Laugh until she cries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 cries	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cries	nsubj
4	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express	present	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Tell everyone her secrets

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	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 secrets	nmod:poss
4	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He asked if she has someone special; she does not have to answer, so do not join in teasing her

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	ccomp
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 has	obj
7	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 someone	amod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 have	advmod
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 answer	mark
14	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 have	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 join	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	19 join	advmod
17	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 join	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 join	advmod
19	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
20	in	in	SCONJ	_	21 teasing	mark
21	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 join	advcl
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 teasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	she	someone	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
3	not have	present · do-support	she		tree rules
4	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	not join	infinitive · do-support	He not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	tease	gerund	He not said here	her = she	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

Ask her louder too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Ask	xcomp
4	too	too	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		her = she			loud property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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