Test 15 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries

guy behind me at the cash machine is reading over my shoulder

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy · What happens: read · To what, where: shoulder

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reading	nsubj
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	3 me	case
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 guy	nmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 machine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 machine	det
6	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 machine	compound
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 guy	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reading	aux
9	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 shoulder	case
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shoulder	nmod:poss
12	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present · progressive	guy behind me at the cash machine			my shoulder			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Let him see, a PIN is not secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 secret	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 PIN	det
6	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secret	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 secret	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 secret	advmod
9	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
2	see	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	not is	present	a PIN		secret property	tree rules

Option 2

Type faster so he cannot see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Type	type	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Type	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Type	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	type	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not see	can	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cover the keypad and tell your adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 keypad	det
3	keypad	keypad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tell	cc
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cover	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 adult	nmod:poss
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	the keypad					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keypad=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		your adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Ask him to hold the card for you while you type it in

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	to	to	PART	_	4 hold	mark
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 card	det
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hold	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 type	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 type	nsubj
11	type	type	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 type	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	11 type	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hold not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the card		for you	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme
3	type in	present	you	card			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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