Test 22 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

when your aunt's new partner comes to tea, your little brother says "are you gonna marry auntie??" what's best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new partner, little brother, you · What happens: come, say, be · To what, where: tea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★ 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	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 comes	mark
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 aunt	nmod:poss
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 partner	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 aunt	case
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 partner	amod
6	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 says	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 tea	case
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 comes	punct
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brother	nmod:poss
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 brother	amod
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 marry	punct
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 marry	cop
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 marry	nsubj
18	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	19 marry	dep
19	marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 best	ccomp
20	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 marry	obj
21	??	??	PUNCT	_	19 marry	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 marry	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 best	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 best	cop
25	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 says	ccomp
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	come	present	your aunt's new partner	tea		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tea=Initial_Location
2	say speech: assert	present	your little brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	you		marry property	tree rules
4	is	present			good property	tree rules

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

Ask how much the ring costs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 much	advmod
3	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 costs	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 costs	nsubj
6	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cost	present	the ring	much					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value

Option 2

Tell him auntie's last boyfriend was much nicer and funnier than this one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boyfriend	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 auntie	case
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boyfriend	amod
6	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nicer	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 nicer	cop
8	much	much	ADV	_	9 nicer	advmod
9	nicer	nice	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Tell	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 funnier	cc
11	funnier	funny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 nicer	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 one	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nicer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	past	auntie's last boyfriend		than this one; nice property	tree rules
3	be		auntie's last boyfriend not said here			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Kindly change the subject; it's their private business and can make them shy

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindly	kindly	ADV	_	2 change	advmod
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 subject	det
4	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 business	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 business	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 business	cop
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 business	nmod:poss
9	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 business	amod
10	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
13	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 change	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	the subject	kindly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	is a	present	subject	their private business		tree rules
3	make	can	you not said here	them = they	shy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

Option 4

Ask it again louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	again	again	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
4	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		it		again	loud property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

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