Test 12 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments

mum we're at the cenotaph and everyone went quiet?? whats happening

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, everyone, whats · What happens: be, go, happen · To what, where: cenotaph

This is test 12 · ★ 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	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cenotaph	nsubj
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 cenotaph	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cenotaph	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 cenotaph	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cenotaph	det
6	cenotaph	cenotaph	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cenotaph	conj
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 went	xcomp
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	12 whats	punct
12	whats	what	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cenotaph	conj
13	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 whats	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	mum	the cenotaph and whats		tree rules
2	go	past	everyone		quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	happen	gerund	whats not said here			vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

It's a minute's silence, stand still and be quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 silence	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 silence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 minute	det
4	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silence	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 minute	case
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 silence	parataxis
9	still	still	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 quiet	cc
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 quiet	cop
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a minute's silence	minute		tree rules
2	stand	infinitive			still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	infinitive				quiet property	tree rules

Option 2

It's a game of who talks first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 game	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 game	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 who	case
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 talks	nsubj
7	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 game	acl:relcl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 talks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a game					tree rules
2	talk	present	a game					first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It's a break, you can chat now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 break	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 break	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 break	det
4	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 break	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 chat	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 chat	aux
8	chat	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 break	acl:relcl
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 chat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a break					tree rules
2	chat speech: other	can	you	a break not said here			now		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Everyone is waiting for the bus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 waiting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	aux
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 bus	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bus	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · progressive	Everyone					for the bus	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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