Test 19 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

my mate said this kid stuck chopsticks straight up in his rice at a Chinese mate's house n got kicked out, true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, kid · What happens: say, stick, kick out · To what, where: chopsticks, rice, n, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	nsubj
6	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stuck	obj
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 up	advmod
9	up	up	ADV	_	6 stuck	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 rice	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 rice	nmod:poss
12	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	18 house	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 mate	det
15	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mate	amod
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 house	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mate	case
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 kicked	obl
19	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 kicked	nsubj:pass
20	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 kicked	aux:pass
21	kicked	kick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stuck	parataxis
22	out	out	ADP	_	21 kicked	compound:prt
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 true	punct
24	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 kicked	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stick	past	this kid	chopsticks	kid's rice	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme in rice=Destination
3	kick out	past · passive		n	a Chinese mate's house	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient at house=Location

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

Using chopsticks at all is rude for guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 rude	csubj
2	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Using	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Using	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	cop
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 guests	case
8	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		chopsticks		all			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chopstick=Patient
2	is	present	Using					for guests; rude property	tree rules

Option 2

Chopsticks must always stand up in rice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stand	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 stand	advmod
4	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stand	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 rice	case
7	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	must	Chopsticks			rice		always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rice=Location

Option 3

It's certainly true and happens often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 happens	cc
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
7	often	often	ADV	_	6 happens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					certainly, true property	tree rules
2	happen	present						often property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Probably blown up, but upright chopsticks can look like a funeral custom, so avoid it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Probably	probably	ADV	_	2 blown	advmod
2	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 look	advcl
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 blown	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 look	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 look	cc
6	upright	upright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chopsticks	amod
7	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 look	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 look	aux
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 custom	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 custom	det
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 custom	compound
13	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 avoid	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 avoid	advmod
16	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 look	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	blow up	participle	upright chopsticks not said here		probably property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	look	can	upright chopsticks		like a funeral custom	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	avoid	infinitive	upright chopsticks not said here	custom		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

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