Test 16 · ★ · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…
at a party a man says to your mum "and where's the hubby tonight?" what does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: party, hubby tonight · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners» 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 party | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 party | det |
| 3 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 mum | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 mum | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 tonight | cc |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 tonight | advmod |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 tonight | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tonight | det |
| 15 | hubby | hubby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tonight | compound |
| 16 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mum | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 tonight | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 tonight | punct |
| 19 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 mean | obj |
| 20 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 mean | aux |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 mean | nsubj |
| 22 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 tonight | acl:relcl |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | a man | a party | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | a man not said here | the hubby tonight | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present · do-support | man | the hubby tonight | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Where did she park her car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 park | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 park | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 park | nsubj |
| 4 | park | park | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 car | nmod:poss |
| 6 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 park | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | park | past · do-support | she | her car | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |
Option 2
Where is her boss from work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 boss | nmod:poss |
| 4 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 work | case |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boss | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | her boss from work | where property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Where is her husband
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 husband | nmod:poss |
| 4 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | her husband | where property | tree rules |
Option 4
Where did she leave her bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 leave | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 leave | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 leave | nsubj |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bag | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · do-support | she | her bag | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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