Test 12 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

my friend stammers, can i finish his sentences for him to help

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend stammers, my, his · What happens: finish, help, stammer, sentence · To what, where: sentences

This is test 12 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 stammers	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stammers	compound
3	stammers	stammer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 finish	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stammers	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 finish	aux
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 finish	nsubj
7	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sentences	nmod:poss
9	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 finish	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 finish	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 finish	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	finish	can	my friend stammers	his sentences	for him = he	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sentence=Eventuality
2	help	to-infinitive	my friend stammers not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	stammer		my			nom stammer «state transitive»: poss=agent
4	sentence		his = he			nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

No, let him finish his own sentences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sentences	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sentences	amod
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he	tree rules
2	finish	infinitive	him = he not said here	his own sentences	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sentence=Eventuality
3	sentence		his = he		nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Yes, guess what he means

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 guess	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 means	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 guess	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	he						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 3

Yes, it saves time and he'll be glad you did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 saves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saves	nsubj
4	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saves	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 glad	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 glad	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 glad	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 glad	cop
10	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 saves	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 did	nsubj
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 glad	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	it	time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	future	he		glad property	tree rules
3	do	past	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you're in a hurry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 hurry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 hurry	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hurry	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurry	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hurry	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hurry	det
8	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you			a hurry			tree rules

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