Test 1 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings. A smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity. What should the girl do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, smiling woman, woman · What happens: be, smile, say, collect, do · To what, where: money · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Home alone, the door and the phone» 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: A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings.
det nsubj case nmod cop advmod fixed advmod det nsubj punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Glasgow PROPN is AUX home ADV alone ADV when ADV the DET doorbell NOUN rings VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 11 rings nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Glasgow case 4 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 rings cop 6 home home ADV _ 11 rings advmod 7 alone alone ADV _ 6 home fixed 8 when when ADV PronType=Int 11 rings advmod 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 doorbell det 10 doorbell doorbell NOUN Number=Sing 11 rings nsubj 11 rings ring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 . . PUNCT _ 11 rings punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a girl in Glasgow home, ring property tree rules
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: A smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity.
det amod nsubj nsubj aux ccomp obj case obl punct root A DET smiling VERB woman NOUN says VERB she PRON is AUX collecting VERB money NOUN for ADP charity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 woman det 2 smiling smile VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 woman amod 3 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 collecting nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 collecting aux 7 collecting collect VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 says ccomp 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 7 collecting obj 9 for for ADP _ 10 charity case 10 charity charity NOUN Number=Sing 7 collecting obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 smile gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: assert present a smiling woman vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 collect present · progressive woman money for charity vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
Sentence 3: What should the girl do?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX the DET girl NOUN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 do aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 girl det 4 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 do nsubj 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should the girl vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Invite her in while she looks for money
obj compound:prt mark nsubj advcl case obl root Invite VERB her PRON in ADP while SCONJ she PRON looks VERB for ADP money NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Invite invite VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Invite obj 3 in in ADP _ 1 Invite compound:prt 4 while while SCONJ _ 6 looks mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 looks nsubj 6 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Invite advcl 7 for for ADP _ 8 money case 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 6 looks obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 invite in imperative you not said here her = she vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 look present she for money vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for money=Theme
Option 2 Tell her she is alone, so the woman will understand and leave
iobj nsubj cop ccomp punct advmod det nsubj aux parataxis cc conj root Tell VERB her PRON she PRON is AUX alone ADV , PUNCT so ADV the DET woman NOUN will AUX understand VERB and CCONJ leave VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 alone nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 alone cop 5 alone alone ADV _ 1 Tell ccomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 understand punct 7 so so ADV _ 11 understand advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 woman det 9 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 11 understand nsubj 10 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 understand aux 11 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Tell parataxis 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 leave cc 13 leave leave VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 understand conj
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1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 is present she alone property tree rules 3 understand future the woman vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 4 leave infinitive the woman not said here vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Not open the door and tell her parents later
advmod det obj cc conj nmod:poss iobj advmod root Not PART open VERB the DET door NOUN and CCONJ tell VERB her PRON parents NOUN later ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Not not PART Polarity=Neg 2 open advmod 2 open open VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 door det 4 door door NOUN Number=Sing 2 open obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 tell cc 6 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 open conj 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 parents nmod:poss 8 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 6 tell iobj 9 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 6 tell advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not open imperative you not said here the door vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme 2 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here her parents late property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
Option 4 Open the door and give her some coins
det obj cc conj nmod:poss det obj root Open VERB the DET door NOUN and CCONJ give VERB her PRON some DET coins NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Open open VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 door det 3 door door NOUN Number=Sing 1 Open obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 give cc 5 give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Open conj 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 coins nmod:poss 7 some some DET PronType=Ind 8 coins det 8 coins coin NOUN Number=Plur 5 give obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 open imperative you not said here the door vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme 2 give infinitive you not said here her coins vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme 3 coin her = she nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent
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