Test 6 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

Why should you say "Excuse me" before you interrupt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: say, excuse, interrupt · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Excuse	punct
6	Excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 Excuse	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Excuse	punct
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 interrupt	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 interrupt	nsubj
11	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Excuse	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	you		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	excuse in a quote	infinitive		me	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	interrupt	present	you		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

It is only needed with teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needed	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 needed	advmod
4	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 teachers	case
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		It				with teachers	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It makes the interruption polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 interruption	det
4	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the interruption				polite property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material interruption=Product

Option 3

It means you can then talk as long as you like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 talk	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 talk	aux
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 talk	advmod
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 talk	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 like	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 like	nsubj
11	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	talk	can	you	then	long property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	like	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

It stops the other person being cross forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	nsubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 cross	cop
7	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stops	conj
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 cross	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	gerund	the other person					cross, forever property	tree rules

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