Test 12 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

my friend reckons stickin chopsticks up in your rice is fine, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: reckon up, be · To what, where: stickin chopsticks, rice

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stickin	stickin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chopsticks	compound
5	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reckons	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	3 reckons	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rice	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 rice	nmod:poss
9	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fine	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fine	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reckons	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fine	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon up	present	my friend	stickin chopsticks					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent chopstick=Attribute
2	is	present	my friend not said here			your rice		fine 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

Yes, that's how you keep them clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 how	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 how	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 how	cop
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 keep	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					how property	tree rules
2	keep	present	you	them = they				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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

No, it's seen as rude; lay them down, and you can ask for a fork

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 seen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 seen	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 rude	case
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seen	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 lay	punct
9	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seen	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lay	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	9 lay	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ask	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ask	cc
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 ask	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 ask	aux
16	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seen	parataxis
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 fork	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 fork	det
19	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	present · passive		it	as rude	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as rude=Attribute
2	lay down	infinitive		them = they		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result
3	ask speech: ask	can	you		for a fork	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, it means you want more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 want	obj

#	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	want	present	you	more					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

Option 4

Yes, it shows you liked the food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 liked	nsubj
6	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shows	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	it						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	like	past	you	the food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

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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