Test 8 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone
A woman calls asking for your address to send you a "prize". What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: woman, your, you · What happens: call, ask, send, address, do · To what, where: prize, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 woman calls asking for your address to send you a "prize".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 woman | det |
| 2 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 calls | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 address | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 address | nmod:poss |
| 7 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 send | mark |
| 9 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asking | advcl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 send | iobj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 prize | det |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 prize | punct |
| 13 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 send | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 prize | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | a woman | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a woman not said here | for your address | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | send | to-infinitive | a woman not said here | a prize | you | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination prize=Theme | |||
| 4 | address | your | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: What do you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Ask her to send the prize to school instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 send | mark |
| 4 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prize | det |
| 6 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 send | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 send | obl |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 send | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | send not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the prize | school | instead property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prize=Theme to school=Destination |
Option 2
Give it, because prizes are nice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 nice | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 nice | mark |
| 5 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 nice | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nice | cop |
| 7 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Give | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | prizes | nice property | tree rules |
Option 3
Give only your street and town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 street | advmod |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 street | nmod:poss |
| 4 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 town | cc |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 street | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | your street and town | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Do not give it, and tell your parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 give | advmod |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tell | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tell | cc |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | conj |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 parent | nmod:poss |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not give | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | your parent | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
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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