Test 10 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

forgot my ruler, jack's is right there on his desk n he's gone to the loo. can i just use it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jack, i · What happens: forget, be, go, use · To what, where: ruler, desk, loo

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ruler	nmod:poss
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 forgot	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 there	punct
5	jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 there	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 jack	case
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 there	cop
8	right	right	ADV	_	9 there	advmod
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 forgot	parataxis
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 desk	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 desk	nmod:poss
12	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 there	obl
13	n	n	SCONJ	_	16 gone	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 gone	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 gone	aux
16	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 forgot	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 loo	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 loo	det
19	loo	loo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gone	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 forgot	punct
21	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 use	aux
22	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 use	nsubj
23	just	just	ADV	_	24 use	advmod
24	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 forgot	parataxis
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	forget	past		my ruler			tree rules
2	is	present			jack's desk	right, there property	tree rules
3	go	present · passive	jack		the loo		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to loo=Initial_Location
4	use	can	i	ruler			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

Yes, he won't notice anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 notice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 notice	nsubj
4	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 notice	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 notice	advmod
6	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 notice	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	future	he					anyway property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, a ruler is too small to matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 small	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ruler	det
4	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 small	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 small	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 small	advmod
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 matter	mark
9	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 small	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a ruler					small property	tree rules
2	matter	to-infinitive	a ruler not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, wait and ask him first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 wait	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ask	cc
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wait	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ask	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		him = he			first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, if you put it back quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 put	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
5	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put back	past	you	it				quickly property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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