Test 12 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising
can't miss practice saturday but i've got a party. what do i do
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: not miss, get, do · To what, where: practice saturday, party
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 miss | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 miss | advmod |
| 3 | miss | miss | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saturday | compound |
| 5 | saturday | saturday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 miss | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 got | cc |
| 7 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | aux |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 miss | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 party | det |
| 11 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 miss | punct |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 do | obj |
| 14 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 do | aux |
| 15 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 do | nsubj |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 miss | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not miss | can | practice saturday | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer saturday=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | get | present · perfect | i | a party | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | do | present · do-support | i | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the coach in advance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 coach | det |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 advance | case |
| 5 | advance | advance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the coach | advance | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |
Option 2
Just don't turn up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 4 turn | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 turn | advmod |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 turn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not turn up | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Send a friend instead of you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 6 you | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 instead | fixed |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | a friend | instead you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Option 4
Tell him on Monday
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 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Monday | case |
| 4 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | monday | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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