Test 6 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

Why do givers like to hear that a posted present arrived?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: givers, posted present · What happens: like, hear, arrive

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 like	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	givers	giver	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	nsubj
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hear	mark
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 like	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 arrived	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 present	det
9	posted	posted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 present	amod
10	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arrived	nsubj
11	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hear	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	like	present · do-support	givers	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	givers not said here	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	arrive	participle	a posted present	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

They need to know so that they can pay the post office

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	xcomp
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 pay	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pay	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 pay	aux
9	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 know	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 office	det
11	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 office	compound
12	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	They		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	pay	can	they	the post office	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They want to know it arrived and that you liked it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 arrived	nsubj
6	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 liked	cc
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 liked	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 liked	nsubj
10	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 arrived	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	They		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	arrive	past	it		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	like	past	you	it	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

They want it sent back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 want	obj
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 want	xcomp
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	They	it					tree rules
2	send back not said to happen	participle							vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They forget what they sent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forget	nsubj
2	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 sent	obj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	nsubj
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forget	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	They						tree rules
2	send	past	they						vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

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