Test 6 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone
A family in Texas says grace and you do not pray at home. What is respectful?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, you · What happens: say, not pray, be · To what, where: grace, home · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A family in Texas says grace and you do not pray at home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pray | cc |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 pray | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 pray | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 pray | advmod |
| 11 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 home | case |
| 13 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pray | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a family in Texas | grace | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grace=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not pray | present · do-support | you | home | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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.
Sentence 2: What is respectful?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 respectful | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 respectful | cop |
| 3 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 respectful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | respectful property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Ask them to explain why they pray
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 explain | mark |
| 4 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 pray | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pray | nsubj |
| 7 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 explain | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pray | present | they | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
Leave the table until they are done
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 table | det |
| 3 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 done | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 done | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 done | aux:pass |
| 7 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Leave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the table | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present · passive | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wait quietly until they finish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 finish | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 finish | nsubj |
| 5 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | quietly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finish | present | they | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Start eating to show you are different
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Start | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 show | mark |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 eating | advcl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 different | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 different | cop |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 show | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | imperative | you not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | you | different property | tree rules |
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