Test 21 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

my brother went "Ella's got a boyfriend" with his mouth full at tea

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Ella · What happens: go, get · To what, where: boyfriend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 got	aux
7	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 went	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boyfriend	det
9	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mouth	amod
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 tea	case
16	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	my brother					with Ella's mouth	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	present · passive	Ella	a boyfriend					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=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

It means Ella is in trouble

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 trouble	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Ella			trouble			tree rules

Option 2

It means Ella is eating

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 eating	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eating	aux
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat	present · progressive	Ella						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He means Ella has someone special she likes; talking with your mouth full is rude and so is teasing her, so stop

The tree, 22 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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 has	obj
6	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 someone	amod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 likes	nsubj
8	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 special	acl:relcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 rude	punct
10	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 rude	csubj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talking	obl
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 talking	advcl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 rude	cop
16	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 teasing	cc
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 teasing	advmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 teasing	aux
20	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 rude	conj
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 teasing	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 stop	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	24 stop	advmod
24	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	Ella	someone		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
3	like	present	Ella			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	talk	gerund			with your mouth	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mouth=Co-Agent
5	is	present	talking		rude property	tree rules
6	tease	present · progressive	talking not said here	Ella		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
7	stop	infinitive				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Ask her loudly who it is

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	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Ask	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 who	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 who	cop

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

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