Test 20 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

waiting at the doctor's, a lady tells the receptionist "my ex is picking up the kids today". what does "ex" mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady, ex · What happens: wait, tell, pick up, mean · To what, where: doctor, receptionist, kids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 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	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 tells	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 doctor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waiting	obl
5	's	's	PART	_	4 doctor	case
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 waiting	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lady	det
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 receptionist	det
11	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 picking	punct
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 ex	nmod:poss
14	ex	ex	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 picking	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 picking	aux
16	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tells	ccomp
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 picking	compound:prt
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 kids	det
19	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 picking	obj
20	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 picking	obl:unmarked
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 picking	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 tells	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 mean	obj
24	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 mean	aux
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 ex	punct
26	ex	ex	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 mean	nsubj
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 ex	punct
28	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tells	ccomp
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	wait	gerund			the doctor		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at doctor=Location
2	tell speech: assert	present	a lady	the receptionist			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent receptionist=Recipient clause=Topic
3	pick up in a quote	present · progressive	my ex	the kids		today	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Topic
4	mean	present · do-support	ex				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Her extra doctor who helps out on busy days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 doctor	nmod:poss
2	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doctor	amod
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doctor	acl:relcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 helps	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 helps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help out	present	Her extra doctor				day		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The person she used to be married to or go out with

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 married	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 married	aux:pass
7	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 used	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 married	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 married	conj
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	10 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	use	past	the person		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	marry	to-infinitive · passive	the person not said here		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»
3	go out	infinitive	the person not said here	out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Her taxi driver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 driver	nmod:poss
2	taxi	taxi	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driver	compound
3	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Her neighbour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 neighbour	nmod:poss
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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