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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".

nummodnsubjccnsubjconjmarkxcompdetobjnsubjacl:relclpunctccompcasenmodpunctpunctrootTwoNUMweeksNOUNpassVERBandCCONJyouPRONforgotVERBtoPARTanswerVERBanDETinvitationNOUNthatPRONsaidVERB"PUNCTRSVPNOUNbyADPFridayPROPN"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 weeksnummod
2weeksweekNOUNNumber=Plur3 passnsubj
3passpassVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4andandCCONJ_6 forgotcc
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 forgotnsubj
6forgotforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 passconj
7totoPART_8 answermark
8answeranswerVERBVerbForm=Inf6 forgotxcomp
9anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 invitationdet
10invitationinvitationNOUNNumber=Sing8 answerobj
11thatthatPRONPronType=Rel12 saidnsubj
12saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 invitationacl:relcl
13""PUNCT_14 RSVPpunct
14RSVPrsvpNOUNNumber=Sing12 saidccomp
15bybyADP_16 Fridaycase
16FridayFridayPROPNNumber=Sing14 RSVPnmod
17""PUNCT_14 RSVPpunct
18..PUNCT_3 passpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1passpresentTwo weeksvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2forgetpastyoutree rules
3not answer speech: assertto-infinitiveyou not said herea invitationvn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent invitation=Eventuality
4say speech: assertpasta invitationvn 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?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETproblemNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 problemdet
4problemproblemNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe problemtree rules

The options

Option 1

You must now bring two presents

nsubjauxadvmodnummodobjrootYouPRONmustAUXnowADVbringVERBtwoNUMpresentsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 bringnsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 bringaux
3nownowADVPronType=Dem4 bringadvmod
4bringbringVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 presentsnummod
6presentspresentNOUNNumber=Plur4 bringobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bringmustYoutwo presentsnowvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme

Option 2

Your invitation stops being valid forever

nmod:possnsubjcopxcompadvmodrootYourPRONinvitationNOUNstopsVERBbeingAUXvalidADJforeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 invitationnmod:poss
2invitationinvitationNOUNNumber=Sing3 stopsnsubj
3stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 validcop
5validvalidADJDegree=Pos3 stopsxcomp
6foreverforeverADV_5 validadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresentYour invitationvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2isgerundYour invitation not said hereforever, valid propertytree rules
3inviteYournom invitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

The host does not know how many children to plan for

detnsubjauxadvmodadvmodamodobjmarkadvcloblrootTheDEThostNOUNdoesAUXnotPARTknowVERBhowADVmanyADJchildrenNOUNtoPARTplanVERBforADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 hostdet
2hosthostNOUNNumber=Sing5 knownsubj
3doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 knowaux
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 knowadvmod
5knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6howhowADVPronType=Int7 manyadvmod
7manymanyADJDegree=Pos8 childrenamod
8childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur5 knowobj
9totoPART_10 planmark
10planplanVERBVerbForm=Inf5 knowadvcl
11forforADP_10 planobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not knowpresent · do-supportthe hostmany childrenvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
2planto-infinitivethe host not said herevn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The host will cancel the whole party

detnsubjauxdetamodobjrootTheDEThostNOUNwillAUXcancelVERBtheDETwholeADJpartyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 hostdet
2hosthostNOUNNumber=Sing4 cancelnsubj
3willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin4 cancelaux
4cancelcancelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 partydet
6wholewholeADJDegree=Pos7 partyamod
7partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing4 cancelobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cancelfuturethe hostthe whole partytree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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