Test 11 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

phone rings, some guy asks are ur parents home, theyre not

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy, phone rings · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: phone rings, parents

This is test 11 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rings	compound
2	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 parents	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 guy	det
5	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rings	acl:relcl
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 parents	cop
8	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 parents	nmod:poss
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 parents	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 theyre	punct
12	theyre	theyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parents	conj
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 theyre	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	some guy	phone rings not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient
2	is a	present	phone rings	ur's parents and theyre				home property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him when they'll be back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 back	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 back	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 back	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 back	cop
7	back	back	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	future	they					back property	tree rules

Option 2

Give him the address so he can come round and visit later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 address	det
4	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 come	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 come	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
9	round	round	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 visit	cc
11	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 visit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the address	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient address=Theme
2	come round	can	he			round property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	visit	infinitive	you not said here			late property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Don't say you're alone and never give your address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 say	advmod
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 alone	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 alone	cop
6	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 give	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 say	conj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 address	nmod:poss
11	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you		alone property	tree rules
3	not 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

Option 4

Tell him you're home alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 home	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 home	cop
5	home	home	ADV	_	1 Tell	ccomp
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he			alone property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	present	you					home property	tree rules

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