Test 7 · ★ · Birthday parties
On Monday at school you want to tell your friend about Saturday's party. Some classmates were not invited. What is kind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: want, tell, not invite, be · To what, where: school, friend, classmates · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: On Monday at school you want to tell your friend about Saturday's party.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 Monday | case |
| 2 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 want | obl |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 want | obl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 want | nsubj |
| 6 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 tell | mark |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 want | xcomp |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 friend | nmod:poss |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 party | case |
| 12 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 party | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Saturday | case |
| 14 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | you | school | monday | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | your friend | about Saturday's party | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient about party=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.
Sentence 2: Some classmates were not invited.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 classmates | det |
| 2 | classmates | classmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 invited | aux:pass |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 invited | advmod |
| 5 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 invited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not invite | past · passive | some classmates | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Sentence 3: What is kind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | kind property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Talk about it later, away from those classmates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Talk | obl |
| 4 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Talk | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 away | punct |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Talk | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 classmates | case |
| 8 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 classmates | det |
| 9 | classmates | classmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | imperative | you not said here | about it; away, late property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
Show party photos to the whole table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 party | compound |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 photos | compound |
| 3 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 table | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 table | amod |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 photos | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Describe every game loudly in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 1 Describe | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 class | case |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | every game | class | loudly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
Option 4
Ask the uninvited children why they were not there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 children | det |
| 3 | uninvited | uninvited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 children | amod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | obj |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 there | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 there | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 there | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 there | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the uninvited children | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | children = child | there property | tree rules |
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