Test 11 · ★ · Holidays of the region

trick or treat, that house is all dark, knock anyway?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: trick · What happens: treat, be, knock

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dark	nsubj
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 treat	cc
3	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 trick	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 house	punct
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 trick	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dark	cop
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 dark	advmod
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knock	punct
11	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 dark	parataxis
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 knock	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 dark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	treat	infinitive	trick and that house not said here		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	trick and that house	all, dark property	tree rules
3	knock	infinitive		anyway property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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

Go round the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 back	det
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			the back			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round back=Initial_Location

Option 2

Yes, dark means they're saving extra treats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saving	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saving	aux
7	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 means	ccomp
8	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 treats	amod
9	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 saving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	dark						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save	present · progressive	they	extra treats					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treat=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, only visit houses with their lights on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 visit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 visit	advmod
4	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 visit	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 lights	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lights	nmod:poss
8	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 visit	obl
9	on	on	ADV	_	4 visit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	imperative	you not said here	houses				with houses's lights	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent
2	light		houses = house						nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, knock louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 knock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 knock	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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