Test 22 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

a guest at the table says "and how's your dad's lady friend?" and everyone goes quiet. what's the best thing for a kid to do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: guest, lady friend · What happens: say, be, go, do · To what, where: lady friend, best thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★★ 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 guest	det
2	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 table	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 table	det
5	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guest	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 friend	cc
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 friend	advmod
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 friend	cop
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dad	nmod:poss
12	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 friend	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 dad	case
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 friend	compound
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 goes	nsubj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 friend	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 friend	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 goes	cc
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	20 goes	nsubj
20	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
21	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 goes	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 goes	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 thing	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 thing	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 thing	det
26	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	27 thing	amod
27	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 goes	parataxis
28	for	for	ADP	_	30 kid	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 kid	det
30	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 thing	nmod
31	to	to	PART	_	32 do	mark
32	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 kid	acl
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	a guest at the table			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present		your dad's lady friend		tree rules
3	go	present	your dad's lady friend		quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present		the best thing	for a kid	tree rules
5	do	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Answer with everything you know about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 everything	case
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Answer	nmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Answer with everything						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Laugh and say «she's not a lady»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 say	cc
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	conj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 lady	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lady	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lady	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 lady	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	ccomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is a in a quote	present	she	a lady	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave it to the grown-ups and not make it a joke; ask mum later if you want

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 ups	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ups	det
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leave	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 make	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 make	advmod
10	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 joke	det
13	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 ask	punct
15	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
16	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ask	obj
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 ask	advmod
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 want	mark
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 want	nsubj
20	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it	the grown ups		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to up=Recipient
2	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not make	infinitive	you not said here	it			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary joke=Product
4	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		mum	late property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
5	want a condition, not said to happen	present	you				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Ask the guest why it's so quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guest	det
3	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 quiet	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 quiet	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 quiet	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 quiet	advmod
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the guest				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient
2	is not said to happen	present	guest					quiet property	tree rules

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