Test 5 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play
A friend at a sleepover opens the bathroom door without knocking. What is the polite rule?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, polite rule · What happens: open, knock, be · To what, where: bathroom door
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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: A friend at a sleepover opens the bathroom door without knocking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 opens | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 sleepover | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sleepover | det |
| 5 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 6 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 8 | bathroom | bathroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 door | compound |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 opens | obj |
| 10 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 11 knocking | mark |
| 11 | knocking | knock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 opens | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 opens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present | a friend at a sleepover | the bathroom door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ||||
| 2 | knock | gerund | a friend at a sleepover not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the polite rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 4 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rule | amod |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the polite rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wait outside for a moment and then open it anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 moment | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 moment | det |
| 5 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 open | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 open | advmod |
| 8 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 open | obj |
| 10 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 8 open | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | moment | outside property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | open | infinitive | you not said here | it | then | anyway property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Knock, because bathroom time is private
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knock | knock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 private | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 private | mark |
| 4 | bathroom | bathroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 private | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 private | cop |
| 7 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Knock | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | imperative | you not said here | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | bathroom time | private property | tree rules |
Option 3
Shout through the door instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 4 door | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | the door | instead property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Just walk in if the light is on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 walk | advmod |
| 2 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 walk | obl |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 on | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 light | det |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 on | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 on | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADV | _ | 2 walk | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk in | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the light | on property | tree rules |
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