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Exam question 2 · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

It is given that a caller unknown to you asks whether your parents are at home. Select the response consistent with safety.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: caller, parents, you · What happens: give, ask, be, select · To what, where: It, home, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a caller unknown to you asks whether your parents are at home.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 asks	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 caller	det
6	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asks	nsubj
7	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 caller	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 unknown	obl
10	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	16 home	mark
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parents	nmod:poss
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 home	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 home	cop
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 home	case
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asks	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	present	a caller						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	your parents			home			tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with safety.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 safety	case
6	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1

Say the whole family is away for the week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 family	amod
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 away	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 away	cop
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Say	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 week	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the whole family				week	away property	tree rules

Option 2

Ask the caller to come round in person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 caller	det
3	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 come	mark
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	round	round	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 person	case
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the caller					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient clause=Topic
2	come round not said to happen	to-infinitive	the caller not said here					in person; round property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Location

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

Say your parent is busy and cannot come to the phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parent	nmod:poss
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 busy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 busy	cop
5	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 come	advmod
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 busy	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 phone	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 phone	det
12	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	your parent					busy property	tree rules
3	not come	can	your parent not said here			the phone			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial_Location

Option 4

Say you are home alone and give your address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 alone	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 alone	cop
4	home	home	ADV	_	5 alone	advmod
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Say	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 address	nmod:poss
9	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					alone, home property	tree rules
3	give	infinitive	you not said here	your address					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme
4	address		your						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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