Test 3 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

Which is a good way to get your dad's attention while he is on an important call?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, dad · What happens: be, get, attend · To what, where: good way, attention, important call

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attention	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case
11	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 call	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 call	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 call	cop
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 call	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 call	det
17	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 call	amod
18	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	xcomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present		a good way		tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive		your dad's attention		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus
3	is	present	he		a important call	tree rules
4	attend		your dad			nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

Wait quietly with a hand gently on his arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Wait	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 hand	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hand	det
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Wait	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 arm	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 arm	nmod:poss
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			his arm		with a hand; gently, quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on arm=Location

Option 2

Take the phone from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phone	det
3	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the phone				from him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent phone=Theme from he=Initial_Location

Option 3

Turn up the TV so he notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 TV	det
4	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 notices	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 notices	nsubj
7	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	imperative	you not said here	the TV					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tv=Theme
2	notice	present	he						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Keep saying «Dad, Dad, Dad» until he gives up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Dad	punct
4	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saying	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Dad	punct
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Dad	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Dad	punct
8	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Dad	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Dad	punct
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 gives	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gives	nsubj
12	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	Dad	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dad=Topic
3	give up	present	he		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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