Test 17 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

omg, Sam picked up the phone n told some random guy his parents were away all week, they say the house got robbed that night!!

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, phone n, parents · What happens: pick up, tell, be, say, rob · To what, where: random guy, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	omg	omg	INTJ	_	4 picked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 omg	punct
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 picked	nsubj
4	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 picked	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 n	det
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 n	compound
8	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	conj
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 guy	det
11	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 guy	amod
12	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 parents	nmod:poss
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 away	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 away	cop
16	away	away	ADV	_	12 guy	acl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 week	det
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 away	obl:unmarked
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 say	punct
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 say	nsubj
21	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 robbed	nsubj:pass
24	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 robbed	aux:pass
25	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 say	ccomp
26	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 night	det
27	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 robbed	obl:unmarked
28	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	4 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past	Sam				vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	the phone n	some random guy			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guy=Recipient
3	is	past	n's parents	some random guy not said here	week	away property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present	parents = parent				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	rob	past · passive		the house	night		vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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

Only adults ever get scam calls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calls	compound
6	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	adults	scam calls			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus

Option 2

Every house gets robbed after a phone call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 robbed	nsubj:pass
3	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 robbed	aux:pass
4	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 call	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 call	det
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	compound
8	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 robbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rob	present · passive		every house			after a phone call		vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Telling callers is fine if they sound friendly and already know your name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fine	csubj
2	callers	caller	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 sound	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sound	nsubj
7	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	advcl
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sound	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 know	cc
10	already	already	ADV	_	11 know	advmod
11	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sound	conj
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 name	nmod:poss
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		callers		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient
2	is	present	Telling		fine property	tree rules
3	sound a condition, not said to happen	present	callers = caller		friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	know	infinitive	callers = caller not said here	your name		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
5	name		your			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Never tell callers the family is away; the robbery part may be rumour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	callers	caller	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tell	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 away	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 away	cop
7	away	away	ADV	_	2 tell	ccomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 rumour	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
10	robbery	robbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	compound
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rumour	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 rumour	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 rumour	cop
14	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	callers		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient
2	is	present	the family		away property	tree rules
3	is a	may	the robbery part	rumour		tree rules

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