Test 9 · ★ · Holidays of the region

Why do people stand still and silent at 11 o'clock on 11 November?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: stand · To what, where: 11 o'clock

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 stand	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stand	nsubj
4	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	still	still	ADV	_	4 stand	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 silent	cc
7	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 still	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 o'clock	case
9	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 o'clock	nummod
10	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stand	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 11	case
12	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 stand	obl
13	November	November	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 11	nmod:unmarked
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present · do-support	people			11 o'clock	still	on 11 November	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at o'clock=Location

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

To show respect to the King's birthday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 birthday	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 birthday	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		respect	the King's birthday				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Topic to birthday=Recipient

Option 2

To wait quietly for the fireworks to start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 wait	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fireworks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fireworks	det
6	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wait	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive						for the fireworks; quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start	to-infinitive							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Because the shops close at that time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 close	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shops	det
3	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 close	nsubj
4	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 time	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present	the shops				time		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To remember those who died in wars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remember	mark
2	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 remember	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 died	nsubj
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 those	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 wars	case
7	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	to-infinitive		those					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent that=Theme
2	die	past						in wars	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in war=Attribute

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