Test 19 · ★ · Electricity at home

the Wilsons' house went dark and everyone's saying they didn't pay the bill, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: house, everyone, Wilsons · What happens: go, say, not pay, pass on · To what, where: bill · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Wilsons	det
2	Wilsons	Wilson	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 house	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 Wilsons	case
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 went	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 saying	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 saying	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 saying	aux
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 went	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pay	nsubj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 pay	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 pay	advmod
14	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 saying	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bill	det
16	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pay	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 pass	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 pay	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	past	the Wilsons's house		dark property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not pay	past · do-support	Wilsons = wilson	the bill		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset
4	pass on	infinitive	Wilsons = wilson not said here	bill		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, and say they were fined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fined	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fined	aux:pass
9	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fine	past · passive		they	vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

Pass it on, since dark houses prove it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prove	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 prove	mark
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 houses	amod
7	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 prove	nsubj
8	prove	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	prove	present	dark houses	it					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; it may be a power fault and it is their private business

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 fault	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fault	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 fault	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 fault	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fault	det
11	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fault	compound
12	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 business	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 business	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 business	cop
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 business	nmod:poss
17	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 business	amod
18	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fault	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	may	it	a power fault and fault's private business	tree rules
3	is a	present	it	fault's private business	tree rules

Option 4

Pass it on, so people know they are poor and can't pay their bills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 know	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 know	advmod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 poor	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 poor	cop
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 know	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pay	cc
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pay	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 pay	advmod
14	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 bills	nmod:poss
16	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know	present	people			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	people		poor property	tree rules
4	not pay	can	you not said here	people's bills		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset
5	bill		people			nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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