Test 20 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

you see a text on mum's phone from "R" with loads of hearts and mum says "that's private, love". what's right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mum, that · What happens: see, say, be · To what, where: text, phone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ 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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 phone	case
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 phone	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mum	case
8	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 R	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 R	punct
11	R	R	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 phone	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 R	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 loads	case
14	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 see	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 hearts	case
16	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 loads	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 says	cc
18	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 says	nsubj
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 see	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 private	punct
21	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 private	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 private	cop
23	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 says	ccomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 love	punct
25	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 private	vocative
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 private	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 see	punct
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 right	nsubj
29	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 right	cop
30	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 see	parataxis
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	you	a text	mum's phone from R	with loads of hearts	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer text=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	mum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	that			love vocative; private property	tree rules
4	is	present				right property	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

Text R back and ask who they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 R	compound
2	R	r	X	_	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 R	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ask	cc
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 R	conj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	5 ask	ccomp
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 who	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 who	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	infinitive							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they						tree rules

Option 2

Tell everyone at school mum has a secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 has	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 mum	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mum	compound
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 everyone	nmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 secret	det
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	everyone	a secret					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Accept it, don't read her messages, she can tell you when she's ready

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Accept	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 read	punct
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 read	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 read	advmod
6	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Accept	parataxis
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 messages	nmod:poss
8	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tell	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	aux
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Accept	parataxis
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 tell	iobj
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 ready	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ready	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 ready	cop
17	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	accept	imperative	you not said here	it			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not read	infinitive · do-support		her messages			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	can	she		you		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
4	is	present	she			ready property	tree rules

Option 4

Grab the phone and read it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 read	cc
5	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 read	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the phone					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme
2	read	infinitive	you not said here	phone					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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