Test 15 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

at my mate's for tea, gonna grab the biggest bits first

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: grab · To what, where: biggest bits, tea

This is test 15 · ★★ 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	at	at	ADP	_	6 tea	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tea	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 tea	case
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grab	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tea	punct
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 grab	dep
9	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bits	det
11	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 bits	amod
12	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grab	obj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 grab	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the biggest bits		my mate's tea		first property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Take from everyone's plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 plate	case
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 plate	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 everyone	case
5	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here			everyone's plate			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from plate=Initial_Location

Option 2

Eat straight from the pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	straight	straight	ADV	_	1 Eat	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 pot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pot	det
5	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here			the pot		straight property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from pot=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wait to be served or take a fair share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 served	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 served	aux:pass
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	advcl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 take	cc
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 share	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 share	amod
9	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	serve	to-infinitive · passive	you not said here		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»
3	take	infinitive	you not said here	a fair share	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme

Option 4

Grab first before they're all gone, the host won't mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 mind	advmod
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 gone	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gone	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	cop
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 gone	advmod
7	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mind	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 gone	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 host	det
10	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mind	nsubj
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 mind	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 mind	advmod
13	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Grab	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they					all, gone property	tree rules
2	not mind	future	the host	Grab not said here				first property	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grab=Theme

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