Exam question 1 · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

Ascertain the conditions that must be satisfied prior to visiting a friend's house.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, conditions · What happens: ascertain, be, visit · To what, where: conditions, house

This is exam question 1 of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conditions	det
3	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 satisfied	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 satisfied	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 satisfied	cop
7	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conditions	acl:relcl
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	10 visiting	mark
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 prior	fixed
10	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 satisfied	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 friend	case
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visiting	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conditions		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	is	must	the conditions		satisfied property	tree rules
3	visit	gerund	the conditions not said here	a friend's house		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-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

Your friend agrees, and no adult needs to be told about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	nsubj
3	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 needs	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 needs	cc
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needs	nsubj
8	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 agrees	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 told	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 told	aux:pass
11	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 needs	xcomp
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Your friend		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	need	present	no adult		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	no adult not said here	about adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: about it=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Your parent agrees, and an adult knows where you are and when to collect you

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parent	nmod:poss
2	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	nsubj
3	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knows	cc
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 agrees	parataxis
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 knows	ccomp
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 where	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 where	cop
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 collect	cc
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 collect	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 collect	mark
15	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agrees	conj
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Your parent			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	know	present	a adult			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	you		where property	tree rules
4	collect	to-infinitive	Your parent not said here	you		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

Your friend's sibling agrees, and you go after dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sibling	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 friend	case
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agrees	nsubj
5	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 agrees	ccomp
10	after	after	ADP	_	11 dark	case
11	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Your friend's sibling						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	you				after dark		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

You leave a note, and set off without waiting for a reply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 leave	nsubj
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 note	det
4	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 set	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 set	cc
7	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 leave	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 set	compound:prt
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 waiting	mark
10	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 set	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 reply	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reply	det
13	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	present	You	a note		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme
2	set off	infinitive	You not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wait	gerund	You not said here		for a reply	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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