Test 14 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

some1 on the phone asking if my parents r home

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phone · What happens: ask

This is test 14 · ★ 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	some1	some1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 some1	nmod
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 phone	acl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 r	mark
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 parents	nmod:poss
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 r	nsubj
9	r	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	5 asking	ccomp
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 r	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund	the phone not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Hang up and call them back later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 call	cc
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hang	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 call	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 call	advmod
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang up	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call back speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	them = they				late property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 2

Say they're out till 9

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 out	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 out	cop
4	out	out	ADV	_	1 Say	ccomp
5	till	till	ADP	_	6 9	case
6	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 out	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they				till 9	out property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Don't say they're out; take a message or get an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 say	advmod
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 out	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 out	cop
6	out	out	ADV	_	3 say	ccomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 say	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 take	conj
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they		out property	tree rules
3	take	infinitive		a message		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
4	get	infinitive		a adult		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus

Option 4

Tell them your address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 address	nmod:poss
4	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your address	them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient address=Topic
2	address		your						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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