Test 1 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

A man rushes to the front of the line at the bakery, saying he is in a hurry. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: rush, say, be · To what, where: bakery, hurry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» 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: A man rushes to the front of the line at the bakery, saying he is in a hurry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rushes	nsubj
3	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 front	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 front	det
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rushes	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 line	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 line	det
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 front	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 bakery	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bakery	det
12	bakery	bakery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rushes	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 saying	punct
14	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rushes	advcl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 hurry	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 hurry	cop
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 hurry	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hurry	det
19	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 saying	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rushes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	rush	present	a man	the bakery	to the front of the line result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to front=Result
2	say speech: assert	gerund	a man not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	man	a hurry		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.

Sentence 2: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The baker must serve the loudest person first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baker	det
2	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 serve	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 serve	aux
4	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 serve	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 serve	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	must	the baker	the loudest person				first property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Everyone else is waiting too, so he should take his turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 waiting	nsubj
2	else	else	ADV	_	1 Everyone	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waiting	aux
4	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	4 waiting	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 take	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 take	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 take	aux
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waiting	parataxis
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 turn	nmod:poss
12	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · progressive	Everyone						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	should	he	his turn					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme

Option 3

Being in a hurry means he may go first, as long as he says sorry

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 hurry	cop
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 hurry	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hurry	det
4	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 go	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 long	punct
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 long	advmod
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 says	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 says	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 says	nsubj
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	advcl
16	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 says	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		a hurry		tree rules
2	mean	present	a hurry			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	may	hurry		first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	say speech: apologize	present	hurry		long, sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The rest of the line should leave the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rest	det
2	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 line	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 line	det
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rest	nmod
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 leave	aux
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shop	det
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	should	the rest of the line	the shop					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme

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