Test 18 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

apparently that boy grabbed the last slice of pizza at the party without asking and now nobody invites him anywhere ever. what's probably exaggerated?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, nobody · What happens: grab, ask, invite, exaggerate, slice · To what, where: last slice, party, boy, pizza

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 grabbed	advmod
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 exaggerated	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slice	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slice	amod
7	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pizza	case
9	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slice	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 party	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 party	det
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obl
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 asking	mark
14	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 grabbed	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 invites	cc
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 invites	advmod
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 invites	nsubj
18	invites	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 invites	obj
20	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 invites	advmod
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 invites	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 exaggerated	aux
25	probably	probably	ADV	_	26 exaggerated	advmod
26	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 exaggerated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	that boy	the last slice of pizza		the party		apparently property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	that boy not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	invite	present	nobody		boy		now; ever	anywhere property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	exaggerate	present · passive						probably property	tree rules
5	slice			pizza					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody ever; but rudeness can cost invitations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Nobody	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 cost	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 cost	cc
5	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cost	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cost	aux
7	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nobody	conj
8	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	can	rudeness	invitations					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme invitation=Value

Option 2

That rudeness bothers people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 rudeness	det
2	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bothers	nsubj
3	bothers	bother	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bothers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bother	present	that rudeness	people					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer

Option 3

That asking first is polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 asking	nsubj
2	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 polite	csubj
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 asking	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	cop
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund	That					first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	asking					polite property	tree rules

Option 4

That he took the last slice without asking anybody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 took	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 slice	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slice	amod
6	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 asking	mark
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 took	advcl
9	anybody	anybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	That	the last slice					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	That not said here		anybody				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anybody=Recipient

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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