Test 20 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

on the video call my cousin's like "shh, mum's on the phone with her new man, they've been talking all night lol" — what does that mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, cousin, they, that · What happens: call, be, talk, mean · To what, where: video, phone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★★ 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	on	on	ADP	_	3 video	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 video	det
3	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cousin	nmod:poss
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 phone	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 phone	cop
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	16 phone	mark
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 phone	punct
10	shh	shh	INTJ	_	16 phone	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shh	punct
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 phone	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 phone	cop
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 phone	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 phone	det
16	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	ccomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 man	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 man	nmod:poss
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 man	amod
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 talking	punct
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 talking	nsubj
23	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 talking	aux
24	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	25 talking	aux
25	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 call	advcl
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	27 night	det
27	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 talking	obl:unmarked
28	lol	lol	INTJ	_	25 talking	discourse
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 talking	punct
30	—	-	PUNCT	_	34 mean	punct
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 mean	obj
32	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 mean	aux
33	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 mean	nsubj
34	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 call	conj
35	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the video		with her new man	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	my cousin	the phone			tree rules
3	talk in a quote	present · perfect · progressive	they		night		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	mean	present · do-support	that				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Her mum has a new job as a phone operator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 job	amod
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 operator	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 operator	det
9	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 operator	compound
10	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 job	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Her mum	a new job				as a phone operator	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

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

Her mum has a new boyfriend she talks to a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boyfriend	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boyfriend	amod
6	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 talks	nsubj
8	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 boyfriend	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 lot	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lot	det
11	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Her mum	a new boyfriend					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boyfriend=Patient
2	talk	present	mum	a new boyfriend not said here				to a lot	tree rules

Option 3

Her mum is talking to a builder about the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 talking	aux
4	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 builder	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 builder	det
7	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talking	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 builder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present · progressive	Her mum					to a builder about the house	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to builder=Co-Agent

Option 4

Her mum is in trouble with the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trouble	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trouble	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 trouble	case
5	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 police	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Her mum			trouble		with the police	tree rules

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