Test 6 · ★ · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

Which visitor at the door could be a scam?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: visitor · What happens: be · To what, where: scam

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 visitor	det
2	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scam	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 visitor	nmod
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 scam	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 scam	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 scam	det
9	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 scam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	could	which visitor at the door	a scam					tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

A postman with your parcel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 postman	det
2	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 parcel	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parcel	nmod:poss
5	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 postman	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Your grandma bringing round a cake she baked for you

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 grandma	nmod:poss
2	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 baked	nsubj
3	bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 grandma	acl
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 cake	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cake	det
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bringing	obl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 baked	nsubj
8	baked	bake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 baked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund	Your grandma not said here					round a cake	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	bake	past	Your grandma					for you	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary

Option 3

A neighbour returning your ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 neighbour	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 neighbour	acl
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ball	nmod:poss
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	a neighbour not said here	your ball					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A stranger selling things you did not ask for

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	selling	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stranger	acl
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 selling	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 ask	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ask	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 ask	advmod
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 things	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	8 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund	a stranger not said here	things					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	not ask speech: ask	past · do-support	you	things not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient

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