Test 15 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

at my mate's, wanna go down the river, his mum's busy

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: go down · To what, where: river, mate

This is test 15 · ★★ 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	at	at	ADP	_	3 mate	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mate	punct
6	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 go	dep
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 busy	punct
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mum	nmod:poss
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 busy	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 mum	case
15	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	imperative	you not said here	the river		my mate			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 · ← Mova's choice

Ask your mate's little sister, she can tell their mum later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sister	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sister	amod
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tell	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	parataxis
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		your mate's little sister				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	can	she		their mum			late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

Option 2

Go quickly and come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 come	cc
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					quickly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	infinitive	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Leave a note on the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 note	det
3	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	a note		the door			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent note=Theme on door=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ask her first, she needs to know where you are

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	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Ask	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 needs	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 needs	nsubj
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 needs	xcomp
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 know	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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	her = she	first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	need	present	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present	you		where property	tree rules

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