Test 14 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

at my mates house we had rice, i stuck my chopsticks straight up in it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, i · What happens: have, stick · To what, where: rice, chopsticks, mates house

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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	at	at	ADP	_	4 house	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 house	nmod:poss
3	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 house	compound
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 house	acl:relcl
7	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 house	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 stuck	nsubj
10	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 chopsticks	nmod:poss
12	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stuck	obj
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 up	advmod
14	up	up	ADV	_	10 stuck	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	we	rice					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Patient
2	stick	past	i	my chopsticks		my mates house		in rice	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme at house=Destination

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

Fine, that's the polite way to rest them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 rest	mark
9	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rest	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the Fine polite way					tree rules
2	rest	to-infinitive		them = they					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 2

Good, that's how you show the cook you've had enough to eat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 show	ccomp
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 how	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 how	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 how	cop
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 show	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 show	nsubj
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
11	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 had	aux
12	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 show	ccomp
13	enough	enough	ADV	_	12 had	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 eat	mark
15	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	that		how property	tree rules
2	show	present	you	the cook		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient clause=Topic
3	have	present · perfect	you		enough property	tree rules
4	eat	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It means you want more food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	present	you	more food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

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

Better not, in some cultures that looks like a funeral custom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 not	advmod
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 looks	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 not	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cultures	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 cultures	det
6	cultures	culture	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 looks	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 looks	nsubj
8	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 custom	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 custom	det
11	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 custom	compound
12	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	present	that					like a funeral custom; in some cultures	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in culture=Theme

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