Test 2 · ★ · Birthday parties
Two weeks pass and you forgot to answer an invitation that said "RSVP by Friday". What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two weeks, you, invitation, problem · What happens: pass, forget, not answer, say, be · To what, where: invitation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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: Two weeks pass and you forgot to answer an invitation that said "RSVP by Friday".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 weeks | nummod |
| 2 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pass | nsubj |
| 3 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 forgot | cc |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 forgot | nsubj |
| 6 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pass | conj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 answer | mark |
| 8 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 forgot | xcomp |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 invitation | det |
| 10 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 answer | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 invitation | acl:relcl |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 RSVP | punct |
| 14 | RSVP | rsvp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | ccomp |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 Friday | case |
| 16 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 RSVP | nmod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 RSVP | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pass | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | present | Two weeks | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | forget | past | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not answer speech: assert | to-infinitive | you not said here | a invitation | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent invitation=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | a invitation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
You must now bring two presents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 bring | advmod |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 presents | nummod |
| 6 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | must | You | two presents | now | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
Option 2
Your invitation stops being valid forever
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 invitation | nmod:poss |
| 2 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | nsubj |
| 3 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 valid | cop |
| 5 | valid | valid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stops | xcomp |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 valid | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Your invitation | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | Your invitation not said here | forever, valid property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | invite | Your | nom invitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The host does not know how many children to plan for
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 host | det |
| 2 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 many | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 children | amod |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 know | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 plan | mark |
| 10 | plan | plan | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 know | advcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 plan | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | the host | many children | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | plan | to-infinitive | the host not said here | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The host will cancel the whole party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 host | det |
| 2 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancel | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cancel | aux |
| 4 | cancel | cancel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 party | amod |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancel | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel | future | the host | the whole party | tree rules |
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