Test 12 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

grandad asked me the same thing 3 times today. annoying. what do i say

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, i · What happens: ask, say · To what, where: same thing, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 asked	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
7	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obl:unmarked
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 annoying	punct
11	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 asked	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 annoying	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 say	obj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 say	aux
15	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 say	nsubj
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	grandad	the same thing	me		time; today		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present · do-support	i						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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

Ignore him the third time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
4	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	him = he			time		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Answer him kindly again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Answer	obj
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	1 Answer	advmod
4	again	again	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		him = he		again	kindly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 3

Tell him he already asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	nsubj
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 asked	advmod
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past	he						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Laugh about it and walk away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Laugh	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 walk	cc
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here					about it	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk away	infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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