Test 16 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…
at mates house, can i check his big sisters room
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: check · To what, where: sisters room, mates house
This is test 16 · ★ 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 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 house | case |
| 2 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 house | compound |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 check | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 house | punct |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 check | aux |
| 6 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 check | nsubj |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 room | nmod:poss |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sisters | amod |
| 10 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 room | compound |
| 11 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | can | i | his sisters room | mates house | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=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
Yes, if she's out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 out | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 out | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 out | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 out | cop |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | out property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, stay in the rooms you're invited into
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 rooms | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rooms | det |
| 6 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | obl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 invited | aux:pass |
| 9 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 rooms | acl:relcl |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 invited | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the rooms | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location | ||||
| 2 | invite | present · passive | the rooms not said here | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Option 3
Yes, if you're careful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 careful | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 careful | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 careful | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 careful | cop |
| 6 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | careful property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, if your mate says it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 says | mark |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mate | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | fine property | tree rules |
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