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Test 5 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

Your dad is on an important phone call. You want a snack. What do you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, You · What happens: be, want, do · To what, where: important phone call, snack

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Your dad is on an important phone call.

nmod:possnsubjcopcasedetamodcompoundpunctrootYourPRONdadNOUNisAUXonADPanDETimportantADJphoneNOUNcallNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 dadnmod:poss
2daddadNOUNNumber=Sing8 callnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 callcop
4ononADP_8 callcase
5anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 calldet
6importantimportantADJDegree=Pos8 callamod
7phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing8 callcompound
8callcallNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9..PUNCT_8 callpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentYour dada important phone calltree 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.

Sentence 2: You want a snack.

nsubjdetobjpunctrootYouPRONwantVERBaDETsnackNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 wantnsubj
2wantwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 snackdet
4snacksnackNOUNNumber=Sing2 wantobj
5..PUNCT_2 wantpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentYoua snackvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme

Sentence 3: What do you do?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoAUXyouPRONdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopresent · do-supportyouvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Bang on the table so he looks up

nsubjcasedetnmodadvmodnsubjcompound:prtrootBangNOUNonADPtheDETtableNOUNsoADVhePRONlooksVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BangbangNOUNNumber=Sing7 looksnsubj
2ononADP_4 tablecase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 tabledet
4tabletableNOUNNumber=Sing1 Bangnmod
5sosoADV_7 looksadvmod
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 looksnsubj
7lookslookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8upupADP_7 lookscompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1look uppresentBang on the tablevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Take the phone off him to ask for it yourself

detobjcaseoblmarkadvclcaseoblobl:unmarkedrootTakeVERBtheDETphoneNOUNoffADPhimPRONtoPARTaskVERBforADPitPRONyourselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TaketakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 phonedet
3phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing1 Takeobj
4offoffADP_5 himcase
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Takeobl
6totoPART_7 askmark
7askaskVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Takeadvcl
8forforADP_9 itcase
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 askobl
10yourselfyourselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes7 askobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takeimperativeyou not said herethe phoneoff him = hevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent phone=Theme off he=Initial_Location
2ask speech: askto-infinitiveyou not said hereyourselffor phonevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wait for him to finish or for a pause

marknsubjmarkadvclcccasedetconjrootWaitVERBforSCONJhimPRONtoPARTfinishVERBorCCONJforADPaDETpauseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WaitwaitVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
2forforSCONJ_5 finishmark
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 finishnsubj
4totoPART_5 finishmark
5finishfinishVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Waitadvcl
6ororCCONJ_9 pausecc
7forforADP_9 pausecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 pausedet
9pausepauseNOUNNumber=Sing5 finishconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitimperativeyou not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2finishto-infinitivehim = hevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Talk over him to ask

caseoblmarkadvclrootTalkVERBoverADPhimPRONtoPARTaskVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TalktalkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2overoverADP_3 himcase
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Talkobl
4totoPART_5 askmark
5askaskVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Talkadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1talkimperativeyou not said hereover him = hevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ask speech: askto-infinitiveyou not said herevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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