Test 6 · ★ · Getting ready for school and the school day
After school, a neighbour you hardly know offers a girl a lift home, but her mum did not say so. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, neighbour, mum · What happens: know, offer, not say, do · To what, where: neighbour, girl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: After school, a neighbour you hardly know offers a girl a lift home, but her mum did not say so.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 2 school | case |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offers | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 school | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 neighbour | det |
| 5 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offers | nsubj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 7 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 8 know | advmod |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 neighbour | acl:relcl |
| 9 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offers | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lift | det |
| 13 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 home | obl |
| 14 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 girl | acl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 say | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 say | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 mum | nmod:poss |
| 18 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 say | nsubj |
| 19 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 say | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 say | advmod |
| 21 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 offers | conj |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 say | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 offers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | you | a neighbour not said here | hardly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer neighbour=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | offer | present | a neighbour | a girl | after school | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | |||
| 3 | not say speech: assert | past · do-support | neighbour's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: What should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | neighbour | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say no and go back to the school office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 office | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 office | det |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 office | compound |
| 9 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go back | infinitive | you not said here | to the school office result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to office=Result |
Option 2
Ask her friend to come too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | vocative |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 come | mark |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | her = she | friend vocative | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Walk home alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | alone, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Get in because she knows the neighbour's face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 knows | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 knows | nsubj |
| 5 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 neighbour | det |
| 7 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 neighbour | case |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | know | present | she | the neighbour's face | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |
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