Test 10 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

You forgot to reply to a party invitation and the date has passed. What is the best thing to do now?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, date, best thing · What happens: forget, not reply, pass, be, do

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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: You forgot to reply to a party invitation and the date has passed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reply	mark
4	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 invitation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 invitation	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 invitation	compound
8	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reply	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 passed	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 date	det
11	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passed	nsubj
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 passed	aux
13	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 invitation	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	forget	past	You		tree rules
2	not reply speech: assert	to-infinitive	You not said here	to a party invitation	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to invitation=Theme
3	pass	present · perfect	the date		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What is the best thing to do now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 do	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the best thing not said here				now		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Turn up on the day without saying anything, since the host will make room

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 saying	mark
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Turn	advcl
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 saying	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 make	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 make	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 host	det
12	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 make	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 make	aux
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	conj
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	turn up	imperative	you not said here		day	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	anything		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic
3	make	future	the host	room		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset room=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Ignore it because it is too late anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 late	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 late	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 late	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 late	advmod
7	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ignore	advcl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 late	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	it					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it					anyway, late property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell the host straight away whether you can come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 host	det
3	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 come	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 come	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 away	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the host				away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent host=Recipient
2	come	can	you						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Ask a friend to go instead of you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	8 you	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					instead you	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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