Test 9 · ★ · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

old lady blocking the aisle, just squeeze past

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: block, squeeze · To what, where: aisle

This is test 9 · ★ 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	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lady	amod
2	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocking	nsubj
3	blocking	block	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 aisle	det
5	aisle	aisle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocking	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 squeeze	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 squeeze	advmod
8	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 blocking	conj
9	past	past	ADV	_	8 squeeze	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	gerund	old lady	the aisle					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer aisle=Theme
2	squeeze	infinitive	old lady not said here					past property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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

Sigh loudly till she moves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sigh	sigh	INTJ	_	5 moves	discourse
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 moves	advmod
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 moves	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moves	nsubj
5	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	she					loudly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Push past quickly before she notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	past	past	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 notices	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 notices	nsubj
6	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Push	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push past	imperative	you not said here					past, quickly property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	notice	present	she						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say «excuse me» and wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 excuse	punct
3	excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 excuse	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 excuse	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wait	cc
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 excuse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	excuse in a quote	infinitive		me	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	wait	infinitive			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Climb over her trolley to get by

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 trolley	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 trolley	nmod:poss
4	trolley	trolley	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Climb	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get by	to-infinitive							vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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