Test 7 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things
Your cousin has kept your skateboard for a month. You have reminded him twice. What next?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: keep, remind · To what, where: cousin
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your cousin has kept your skateboard for a month.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | aux |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 skateboard | nmod:poss |
| 6 | skateboard | skateboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 month | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 month | det |
| 9 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · perfect · passive | Your cousin | month | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme skateboard=Attribute |
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.
Sentence 2: You have reminded him twice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 reminded | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reminded | aux |
| 3 | reminded | remind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reminded | obj |
| 5 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 reminded | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reminded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remind speech: other | present · perfect | You | cousin | twice property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Sentence 3: What next?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Give up and never mention it again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Give | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 mention | cc |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 mention | advmod |
| 5 | mention | mention | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mention | obj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 mention | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | imperative | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not mention speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | it | again | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask a grown-up to help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 up | det |
| 3 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 up | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 help | mark |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a grown up | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Go to his house and take something of his
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 house | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 house | nmod:poss |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 take | cc |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 his | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 something | nmod:poss |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | his house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | you not said here | something | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
Option 4
Shout at him in front of his friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 front | case |
| 5 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | front of his friends | at him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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