Test 11 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

mum's talkin to a lady and i need to tell her something NOW

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: talkin · What happens: need, tell · To what, where: something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talkin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 mum	case
3	talkin	talkin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	nsubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 lady	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talkin	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 i	cc
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 lady	conj
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 tell	mark
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 need	xcomp
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 something	nmod:poss
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 tell	obj
14	NOW	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	mum's talkin to a lady						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	mum's talkin to a lady not said here	something			now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient

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

Stand in front and talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 front	case
3	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 talk	cc
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			front			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location
2	talk	infinitive	you not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Wait for a pause or put your hand gently on her arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 pause	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pause	det
4	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 put	cc
6	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obj
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 put	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 arm	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for a pause	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	put	infinitive	you not said here	your hand		her arm		gently property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on arm=Destination

Option 3

Shout over them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					over them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Pull on her coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 coat	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coat	nmod:poss
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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