Test 12 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

nan posted me a present, it came today

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, present · What happens: post, come · To what, where: me

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» 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	nan	nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 posted	nsubj
2	posted	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 posted	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 present	det
5	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 posted	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 posted	parataxis
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	past	nan	me					tree rules
2	come	past	present				today		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Ask what it cost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 cost	obj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cost	nsubj
4	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cost	past	it						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value

Option 2

Say nothing, she knows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knows	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	know	present	she						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Wait until Christmas to mention it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	3 Christmas	case
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 mention	mark
5	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				until Christmas		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mention speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Phone, message or write soon to say it arrived and you liked it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 message	punct
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Phone	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 write	cc
5	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 message	conj
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 write	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 write	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 arrived	nsubj
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 liked	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 liked	nsubj
13	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 arrived	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	write	infinitive			soon property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	arrive	past	message			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	like	past	you	message		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

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