Test 16 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments

at the memorial, everyone's quiet, my phone keeps buzzing

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, phone · What happens: be, keep, buzz · To what, where: memorial

This is test 16 · ★ 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	at	at	ADP	_	3 memorial	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 memorial	det
3	memorial	memorial	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quiet	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 memorial	punct
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 quiet	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 quiet	cop
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keeps	punct
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 phone	nmod:poss
10	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keeps	nsubj
11	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 quiet	conj
12	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	everyone	the memorial	quiet property	tree rules
2	keep	present	my phone			tree rules
3	buzz	gerund	my phone not said here			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Switch it off or to silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Switch	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Switch	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 silent	cc
5	to	to	PART	_	6 silent	mark
6	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Switch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	imperative	you not said here	it					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Play a game with the sound off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 sound	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obl
7	off	off	ADP	_	1 Play	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play off	imperative	you not said here	a game				with the sound	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent game=Theme with sound=Co-Agent

Option 3

Leave it, it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fine	expl
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	you not said here					fine property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Answer it quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Answer	obj
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Answer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it				quietly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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