Test 18 · ★ · Getting ready for school and the school day

apparently a man said "your mum sent me" and tried to take a kid from outside school. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, mum, true lesson · What happens: say, send, try, take, be · To what, where: man, kid, outside school · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 sent	punct
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sent	nsubj
8	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 sent	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 sent	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tried	cc
12	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sent	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 take	mark
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 tried	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 kid	det
16	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 school	case
18	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 school	amod
19	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 said	ccomp
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 what	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 lesson	det
24	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 lesson	amod
25	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 what	nsubj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a man			apparently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send in a quote	past	your mum	a man = man			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	try	past	your mum not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	your mum not said here	a kid	outside school		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent kid=Theme from school=Initial_Location
5	is a	present	the true lesson				tree rules

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

Go with him if he knows your mum's name and where you live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 knows	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 knows	nsubj
6	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mum	case
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knows	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 live	cc
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 live	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 live	nsubj
14	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 knows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		with him = he	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	he	your mum's name		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	live	present	you			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	name		your mum			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Never take a lift you weren't told about; go to the office

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 take	advmod
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lift	det
4	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 told	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux:pass
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 told	advmod
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lift	acl:relcl
9	about	about	ADV	_	8 told	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 take	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 office	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 office	det
14	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not take	imperative	you not said here	a lift			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lift=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	past · passive	a lift not said here	you		about property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	go	infinitive	you not said here		the office		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to office=Initial_Location

Option 3

Go if he has a nice car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 has	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 car	det
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 car	amod
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	he	a nice car					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient

Option 4

Wait outside alone until he gets bored and leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	outside	outside	ADV	_	1 Wait	advmod
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Wait	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 gets	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
7	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gets	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leaves	cc
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					alone, outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	he					bored property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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