Test 20 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

at the table nan said "excuse me, that's not for little ears" when auntie talked bout her ex

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, auntie · What happens: say, excuse, not be, talk · To what, where: table nan, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 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	ADP	_	4 nan	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nan	det
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nan	compound
4	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 excuse	punct
7	excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 excuse	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ears	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 ears	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ears	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 ears	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 ears	case
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ears	amod
15	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 excuse	obl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 excuse	punct
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 talked	advmod
18	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 talked	nsubj
19	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	advcl
20	bout	bout	ADP	_	22 ex	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 ex	nmod:poss
22	ex	ex	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 talked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past			the table nan		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	excuse in a quote	infinitive		me			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	not is in a quote	present	that			for little ears	tree rules
4	talk	past	auntie			bout auntie's ex	vn talk-37.5 «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

Tell her to stop talking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	talk	gerund	you not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Her ex is a partner she used to be with; it is grown-up private talk, so politely let them talk

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ex	nmod:poss
2	ex	ex	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 partner	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 partner	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 partner	det
5	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	nsubj
7	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 partner	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 be	mark
9	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	9 be	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 grown	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grown	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 grown	aux:pass
14	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 partner	acl:relcl
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
16	up	up	ADP	_	14 grown	compound:prt
17	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 talk	amod
18	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 grown	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 let	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 let	advmod
21	politely	politely	ADV	_	22 let	advmod
22	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 partner	parataxis
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 let	obj
24	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Her ex	a partner		tree rules
2	use	past	she	a partner not said here		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent partner=Theme clause=Eventuality
3	be	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	grow up	present · passive		ex		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary talk=Product
5	let	infinitive		them = they	politely property	tree rules
6	talk	infinitive	them = they not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Shout "ex what?" loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 ex	punct
3	ex	ex	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obj
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 ex	appos
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 ex	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 ex	punct
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod

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

Option 4

Ask auntie for all the details

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 details	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 details	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 details	det
6	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obl

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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