Test 14 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

man at the gate says mum sent him for me, never seen him

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, mum · What happens: say, send, not see · To what, where: man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 man	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	nsubj
7	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sent	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 me	case
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 sent	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 seen	punct
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 seen	advmod
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	man at the gate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send	past	mum	man	for me	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	not see	participle		man		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Don't go; go straight to your teacher

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	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 teacher	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 teacher	nmod:poss
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	infinitive	you not said here					to your teacher	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to teacher=Initial_Location

Option 2

Ask him a question to check

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 check	mark
6	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	a question	him = he				tree rules
2	check	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Go, he knows your mum's name so he's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knows	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mum	case
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 fine	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fine	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	present	he	your mum's name		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	is	present	he		fine property	tree rules
4	name		your mum			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Go if he has sweets

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	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	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	sweets					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

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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