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Test 9 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money

Two days before a party, Tom still has not answered the invitation that said "RSVP by Monday". Why is that a problem?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: invitation · What happens: not answer, say, be · To what, where: Tom, problem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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: Two days before a party, Tom still has not answered the invitation that said "RSVP by Monday".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 days	nummod
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 answered	obl:unmarked
3	before	before	ADP	_	5 party	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 days	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 days	punct
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 answered	nsubj:pass
8	still	still	ADV	_	11 answered	advmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 answered	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 answered	advmod
11	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 invitation	det
13	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 answered	obj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 invitation	acl:relcl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 RSVP	punct
17	RSVP	rsvp	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 said	ccomp
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 Monday	case
19	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 RSVP	nmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 RSVP	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not answer speech: assert	present · perfect · passive		Tom			still; day		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme invitation=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	past	the invitation						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: Why is that a problem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 problem	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 problem	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 problem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a problem					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tom will have to bring two presents because he answered late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 have	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 presents	nummod
7	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obj
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 answered	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 answered	nsubj
10	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	advcl
11	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 answered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	future	Tom						tree rules
2	bring	to-infinitive	Tom not said here	two presents					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme
3	answer speech: assert	past	Tom					late property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The host does not know how many children are coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 host	det
2	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 many	advmod
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 children	amod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 coming	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 coming	aux
10	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	the host						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	present · progressive	many children						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The invitation runs out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 invitation	det
2	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 runs	nsubj
3	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 runs	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	present	the invitation						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The party will be cancelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cancelled	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cancelled	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cancelled	aux:pass
5	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	future · passive		the party					tree rules

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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