Test 20 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

at dinner auntie asks "so, any girlfriend yet?" and your big cousin goes red and mumbles. what does she mean and what's polite for you?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big cousin, cousin · What happens: ask, go, mumble, mean, be · To what, where: dinner auntie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★★ 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	_	3 auntie	case
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 auntie	compound
3	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	obl
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 so	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	4 asks	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 girlfriend	punct
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 girlfriend	det
9	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	parataxis
10	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 girlfriend	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 girlfriend	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 girlfriend	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 goes	cc
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cousin	nmod:poss
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cousin	amod
16	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 goes	nsubj
17	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asks	conj
18	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 goes	xcomp
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 mumbles	cc
20	mumbles	mumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asks	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 mean	obj
23	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 mean	aux
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 mean	nsubj
25	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asks	ccomp
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 polite	cc
27	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 polite	nsubj
28	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 polite	cop
29	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 mean	conj
30	for	for	ADP	_	31 you	case
31	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 polite	obl
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present		dinner auntie		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	your big cousin		red property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mumble speech: other	present				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	mean	present · do-support	cousin			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
5	is	present			for you; polite 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 · ✓ the right answer

She is asking if he's going out with someone; let him answer and don't tease

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	aux
3	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 going	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 going	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 asking	ccomp
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 going	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 going	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	parataxis
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tease	cc
16	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 tease	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 tease	advmod
18	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 let	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · progressive	She			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go out a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	he		with someone	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with someone=Co-Agent
3	let	infinitive		him = he		tree rules
4	answer speech: assert	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	not tease	infinitive · do-support				vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She's asking about his job, so say he's lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asking	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	aux
3	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 job	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 job	nmod:poss
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 say	advmod
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	parataxis
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lazy	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lazy	cop
12	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · progressive	She	about his job	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about job=Topic
2	say speech: assert	infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he	lazy property	tree rules
4	job		his = he		nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She wants to know his best friend, so shout a name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shout	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 shout	advmod
10	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 wants	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 name	det
12	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shout	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	She		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	his best friend	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus
3	shout speech: express	infinitive		a name	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic

Option 4

It's a joke question, so keep repeating it all dinner

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	5 question	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 question	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 question	compound
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 keep	advmod
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 question	acl
9	repeating	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keep	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 repeating	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 dinner	det
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 repeating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joke question	tree rules
2	keep	infinitive	a joke question not said here		tree rules
3	repeat	gerund	a joke question not said here	question	tree rules

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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