Test 3 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house
At home you may jump on the sofa, but at your friend's house it is not allowed. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: jump, not allow, be · To what, where: home, house
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: At home you may jump on the sofa, but at your friend's house it is not allowed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 home | case |
| 2 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jump | obl |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 jump | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 jump | aux |
| 5 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 sofa | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sofa | det |
| 8 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jump | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 allowed | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 allowed | cc |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 house | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 friend | nmod:poss |
| 13 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 house | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 friend | case |
| 15 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 allowed | obl |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 allowed | aux:pass |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 allowed | advmod |
| 19 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 jump | advcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 jump | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | may | you | home | on the sofa | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | not allow | present · passive | house | your friend's house | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Follow the friend's family's rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 family | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rule | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 family | case |
| 7 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Follow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | imperative | you not said here | the friend's family's rule | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rule | the friend's family | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Jump only when the adults are out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 out | advmod |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 out | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 adults | det |
| 5 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 out | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 out | cop |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the adults | out property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Jump, since your parents allow it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 allow | punct |
| 3 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 6 allow | mark |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 parents | nmod:poss |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allow | nsubj |
| 6 | allow | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 allow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | allow | present | your parents | it | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Ask your friend to break the rule with you
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 break | mark |
| 5 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rule | det |
| 7 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 break | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | your friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | break not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the rule | with you | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent rule=Patient with you=Instrument |
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