Test 7 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table
At a family dinner in Galway, Gran says "Go on, start before it gets cold". What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, dinner · What happens: say, go on, start, get, be · To what, where: family dinner · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: At a family dinner in Galway, Gran says "Go on, start before it gets cold".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 dinner | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dinner | det |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dinner | compound |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Galway | case |
| 6 | Galway | Galway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dinner | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dinner | punct |
| 8 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Go | punct |
| 11 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | ccomp |
| 12 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 Go | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 start | punct |
| 14 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 Go | conj |
| 15 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 17 gets | mark |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gets | nsubj |
| 17 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 start | advcl |
| 18 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 gets | xcomp |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 cold | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Gran | a family dinner in Galway | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | start in a quote | infinitive | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | get in a quote | present | dinner | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
You still must wait for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 wait | advmod |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wait | aux |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | must | You | still | for everyone | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
You must ask everyone's permission
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 ask | aux |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 permission | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 6 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | must | You | everyone's permission | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | permit | everyone | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
You must wait for dessert
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | aux |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 dessert | case |
| 5 | dessert | dessert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | must | You | for dessert | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You may start, as the host said so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 start | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 start | aux |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 said | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 host | det |
| 7 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 start | parataxis |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | may | You | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the host | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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