Test 10 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments

in the library w my mate, wanna tell him smth funny. can i just say it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, i · What happens: tell, say · To what, where: smth, him, library · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 library	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 library	det
3	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obl
4	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	6 mate	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mate	nmod:poss
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 library	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 library	punct
8	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 tell	dep
9	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tell	iobj
11	smth	smth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
12	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 smth	amod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 say	aux
15	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 say	nsubj
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 say	advmod
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tell	ccomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 say	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	smth	him = he	the library with my mate			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	can	i	smth					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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

Whisper it, or wait till you're outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whisper	whisper	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Whisper	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wait	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 wait	cc
5	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Whisper	conj
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 outside	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 outside	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 outside	cop
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	you		outside property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, say it at normal volume, it's only one joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 volume	case
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 volume	amod
7	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 joke	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 joke	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 joke	cop
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 one	advmod
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 joke	nummod
13	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it		normal volume			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is a	present	volume	one joke					tree rules

Option 3

Phone him and talk out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talk	nsubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talk	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 talk	cc
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 talk	advmod
6	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 talk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk out	infinitive	Phone					loud, out property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Shout it so he hears across the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 hears	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hears	nsubj
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	it					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	hear	present	he			the room			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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