Test 1 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone
A girl in London is offered fish she does not like at her friend's house. What should she say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: offer, be, not like, say · To what, where: offered fish, house · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» 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
Sentence 1: A girl in London is offered fish she does not like at her friend's house.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fish | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 London | case |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fish | cop |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 fish | amod |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 like | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 like | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 like | advmod |
| 11 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 fish | acl:relcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 house | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 friend | nmod:poss |
| 14 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 house | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 friend | case |
| 16 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 like | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | participle | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a girl in London | offered fish | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not like | present · do-support | girl | offered fish not said here | girl's friend's house | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fish=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.
Sentence 2: What should she say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"No, thank you"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 thank | punct |
| 2 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 thank | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thank | punct |
| 4 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 thank | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 thank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
"I hate fish"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 hate | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 hate | nsubj |
| 3 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hate | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 hate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate in a quote | present | I | fish | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nothing, and hide it under the napkin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 hide | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hide | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hide | cc |
| 4 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hide | obj |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 napkin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 napkin | det |
| 8 | napkin | napkin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | Nothing | it | the napkin | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under napkin=Location |
Option 4
"This smells bad"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 smells | punct |
| 2 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 smells | nsubj |
| 3 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smells | xcomp |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 smells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell in a quote | present | This | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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