Test 10 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

Which is the most polite at the cinema?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: cinema

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 polite	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 polite	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 polite	advmod
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 cinema	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cinema	det
8	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 polite	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 polite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				the cinema		polite 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 · ✓ the right answer

Unwrapping sweets before the film starts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unwrapping	unwrap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 starts	csubj
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Unwrapping	obj
3	before	before	ADP	_	5 film	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unwrapping	obl
6	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unwrap	gerund		sweets			before the film		tree rules
2	start	present	Unwrapping						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Unwrapping sweets in the quietest scene

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unwrapping	unwrap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Unwrapping	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 scene	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scene	det
5	quietest	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 scene	amod
6	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unwrapping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unwrap	gerund		sweets		the quietest scene			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Kicking the seat in front for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 seat	det
3	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 front	case
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 fun	case
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	gerund		the seat		front		for fun	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seat=Patient in front=Location

Option 4

Talking quietly about the plot as it happens on screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 happens	csubj
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Talking	advmod
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 plot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plot	det
5	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Talking	obl
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 happens	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happens	nsubj
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 screen	case
10	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund						about the plot; quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about plot=Topic
2	happen	present	it			screen			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on screen=Location

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