Test 14 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

phone rings, someone asks if my parents are home, i'm alone

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, parents, i · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: phone rings

This is test 14 · ★★ 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	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asks	punct
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 asks	nsubj
5	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rings	acl:relcl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 home	mark
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 parents	nmod:poss
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 home	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 home	cop
10	home	home	ADV	_	5 asks	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 rings	punct
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 alone	nsubj
13	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 alone	cop
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 rings	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	someone	phone rings not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	my parents		home property	tree rules
3	is	present	i	phone rings not said here	alone 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 · ✓ the right answer

Say they can't come to the phone and take a message

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 phone	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 phone	det
8	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 take	cc
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 come	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 message	det
12	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not come	can	they		the phone	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial_Location
3	take	infinitive	they not said here	a message		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Option 2

Give them your address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 address	nmod:poss
4	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	your address	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient address=Theme
2	address		your						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Say yes you're alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 alone	discourse
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 alone	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 alone	cop
5	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp

#	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 property	tree rules

Option 4

Tell them exactly what time your parents will be back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
4	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl:unmarked
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 time	conj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 back	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 back	cop
10	back	back	ADV	_	1 Tell	ccomp
11	home	home	ADV	_	10 back	advmod

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

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