Test 13 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

mate says lets ride bikes on the main road, his mum's out lol

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, mum · What happens: say, let out, be · To what, where: ride bikes, main road · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 mate	acl
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bikes	compound
5	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lets	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
8	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 road	amod
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bikes	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 out	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 out	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 out	cop
14	out	out	ADV	_	3 lets	compound:prt
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 lets	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mate not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	let out	present	mate	ride bikes	the main road		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent bike=Theme on road=Asset
3	is	present	mate's mum			out property	tree rules

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

Go, his house means his rules, and his mum is out anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 house	nmod:poss
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 rules	nmod:poss
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 out	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 out	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 out	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 out	cop
13	out	out	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	13 out	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	his house	house's rules		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic
3	is	present	house's mum		anyway, out property	tree rules
4	rule		house			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Go if he goes first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 goes	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go a condition, not said to happen	present	he					first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Say no, and you can phone your parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 phone	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 phone	cc
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 phone	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 phone	aux
7	phone	phone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	parataxis
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 parents	nmod:poss
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 phone	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	phone	can	you		your parents				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 4

Go but ride fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	3 ride	cc
3	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 ride	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	infinitive	you not said here					fast property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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