Test 19 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

at the library two grown-ups whisper and hold hands, and your friend says "eww are they dating?" loudly. what's right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two grown ups, friend, ups · What happens: grow, whisper, hold, say, date, be · To what, where: library, hands · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	at	at	ADP	_	3 library	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 library	det
3	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whisper	obl
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ups	nummod
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 whisper	nsubj
8	whisper	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hold	cc
10	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whisper	conj
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hold	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 says	cc
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 friend	nmod:poss
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whisper	conj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 dating	punct
18	eww	eww	INTJ	_	21 dating	discourse
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 dating	aux
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 dating	nsubj
21	dating	date	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 says	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 dating	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 dating	punct
24	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	21 dating	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 whisper	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 right	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 right	cop
28	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 whisper	parataxis
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 whisper	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	whisper speech: assert	present	two grown ups		the library		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at library=Location
3	hold	present	two grown ups not said here	hands			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
4	say speech: ask	present	your friend				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	date in a quote	present · progressive	ups = up			loudly property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	present				right property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Say it's their business and keep your voice down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 business	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 business	cop
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 business	nmod:poss
5	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 voice	nmod:poss
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	their business		tree rules
3	keep down	infinitive	you not said here	your voice	down property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient

Option 2

Shout it even louder so the whole library can join in the joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obj
3	even	even	ADV	_	4 louder	advmod
4	louder	loud	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Shout	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 join	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 library	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 library	amod
8	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 join	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 join	aux
10	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 joke	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 joke	det
13	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	it				loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	join	can	the whole library					in the joke	vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in joke=Theme

Option 3

Follow them to find out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Follow	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Follow	advcl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	find out	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell the librarian to make them stop

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 librarian	det
3	librarian	librarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the librarian	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive		them = they	tree rules
3	stop not said to happen	infinitive	them = they not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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