Test 13 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

mum's on the phone n i need her NOW (not an emergency)

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: need · To what, where: her, phone n

This is test 13 · ★ 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	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obl
2	's	's	PART	_	1 mum	case
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 n	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 n	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 n	compound
6	n	n	NOUN	_	8 need	obl
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 need	obj
10	NOW	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 need	advmod
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 emergency	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 emergency	advmod
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 emergency	det
14	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	parataxis
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 emergency	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	i	her = she		the phone n	now	's mum	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

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

Pull the phone away from her ear so she listens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 ear	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ear	nmod:poss
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 away	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 listens	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 listens	nsubj
10	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pull	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	the phone				away property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme
2	listen	present	she						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shout until she hangs up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 hangs	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hangs	nsubj
4	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 hangs	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hang up	present	she						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wait for a pause or put a hand on her arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 pause	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pause	det
4	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 put	cc
6	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 arm	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 arm	nmod:poss
11	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for a pause	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	put	infinitive	you not said here	a hand		her arm			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on arm=Destination

Option 4

Keep tapping her shoulder hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	tapping	tap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shoulder	nmod:poss
4	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tapping	obj
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 tapping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	tap	gerund	you not said here	her shoulder				hard property	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent shoulder=Location

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