Test 1 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground
A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: woman, mum, you · What happens: say, send, collect, have, not know, do · To what, where: woman, you, badge, mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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: A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 woman | det |
| 2 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 gate | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gate | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gate | compound |
| 6 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 woman | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Manchester | case |
| 8 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gate | nmod |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sent | punct |
| 12 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mum | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sent | nsubj |
| 14 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | ccomp |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 sent | obj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 collect | mark |
| 17 | collect | collect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 sent | advcl |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 collect | obj |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sent | punct |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 has | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 has | cc |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 has | nsubj |
| 23 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | parataxis |
| 24 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 25 badge | det |
| 25 | badge | badge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 has | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 know | cc |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 know | nsubj |
| 28 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 know | aux |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 know | advmod |
| 30 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 has | conj |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 know | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a woman at the school gate in Manchester | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send in a quote | past | Your mum | a woman at the school gate in Manchester = woman | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 3 | collect in a quote | to-infinitive | Your mum not said here | you | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 4 | have | present | mum | no badge | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badge=Patient | ||||
| 5 | not know | present · do-support | you | mum | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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 do you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 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 | present · do-support | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Go with her, since she knows about your mum
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 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 knows | punct |
| 5 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 7 knows | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 knows | nsubj |
| 7 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | parataxis |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 mum | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mum | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | with her = she | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | know | present | she | about your mum | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about mum=Stimulus |
Option 2
Wait alone at the gate with her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 gate | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gate | det |
| 5 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | the gate | with her = she; alone property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Do not go with her and tell a teacher at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 go | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tell | cc |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 teacher | det |
| 9 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 once | case |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative · do-support | you not said here | with her = she | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
Option 4
Ask her to buy you a snack first
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 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 buy | mark |
| 4 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 buy | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 snack | det |
| 7 | snack | snack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buy | obj |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 buy | 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 | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | buy not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | a snack | you | first property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary snack=Theme |
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