Test 2 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW». What should Isla do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: text, Isla · What happens: mean, be, ring, do · To what, where: you, 5, me
This is test 2 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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
Sentence 1: Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 text | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ring | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 WHERE | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 WHERE | punct |
| 6 | WHERE | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 meant | advmod |
| 7 | ARE | are | ADP | _ | 8 YOU | case |
| 8 | YOU | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 WHERE | nsubj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 WHERE | punct |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 meant | nsubj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 meant | aux:pass |
| 12 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 text | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 home | mark |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 home | cop |
| 15 | home | home | ADV | _ | 12 meant | xcomp |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 5 | case |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 home | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 text | punct |
| 19 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 ring | obj |
| 21 | NOW | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 ring | advmod |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 ring | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean in a quote | past · passive | you | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | 5 | home property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ring in a quote | infinitive | Mum's text | me | now | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=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.
Sentence 2: What should Isla do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Isla | Isla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Isla | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Text «chill»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 chill | punct |
| 3 | chill | chill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Text | appos |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 chill | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Switch the phone off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch | switch | 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 Switch | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Switch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | imperative | you not said here | the phone | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ring at once, say where she is and come home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 once | case |
| 3 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Ring | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 is | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 is | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | ccomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 come | cc |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 say | conj |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | Ring | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be | present | she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come | infinitive | Ring not said here | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Wait till she gets home to explain it all properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 4 gets | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 explain | mark |
| 7 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 explain | obj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 it | det |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 7 explain | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | present | she | home property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | properly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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