Test 21 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

on the phone mum laughs "oh they're properly loved up, those two, wedding bells soon" — you ask what that means

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: those, you, that · What happens: laugh, love up, bell, ask, mean · To what, where: they · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★★ 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	on	on	ADP	_	4 mum	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mum	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	compound
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughs	obl
5	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 loved	punct
7	oh	oh	INTJ	_	11 loved	discourse
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 loved	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 loved	aux:pass
10	properly	properly	ADV	_	11 loved	advmod
11	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 laughs	ccomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 loved	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bells	punct
14	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	18 bells	nsubj
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 bells	nummod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bells	punct
17	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bells	compound
18	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laughs	appos
19	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 bells	advmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 bells	punct
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	23 ask	punct
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 ask	nsubj
23	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 laughs	conj
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 means	obj
25	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 means	nsubj
26	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	laugh	present			on the phone mum	tree rules
2	love up in a quote	present · passive		they	properly property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	bell in a quote		those		soon property	tree rules
4	ask speech: ask	present	you			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	mean	present	that			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Two people are ill and staying in bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ill	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	cop
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 staying	cc
6	staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ill	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 bed	case
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Two people					ill property	tree rules
2	stay	gerund	Two people not said here			bed			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location

Option 2

Somebody bought new bells for a church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somebody	Somebody	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bells	amod
4	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bought	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 church	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	Somebody	new bells				for a church	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bell=Theme for church=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The couple are very much in love and may get married

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 couple	det
2	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 much	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 much	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 love	case
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 much	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 married	cc
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 married	aux
10	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 married	aux:pass
11	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 much	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the couple			love		much property	tree rules
2	marry	may · passive	the couple not said here						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Two people got locked up and need help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 locked	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locked	aux:pass
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 locked	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 need	cc
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 locked	conj
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	past · passive		Two people					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	need	present		help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

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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