Test 14 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone

someone at the door says he's from the water company, im home alone

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, he · What happens: say, be · To what, where: water company · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 door	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 someone	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 company	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 company	cop
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 company	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 company	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 company	compound
11	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 home	punct
13	im	im	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 home	amod
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 company	conj
15	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	someone					alone property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he			the water company and im home			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not open it, tell him to come back later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 open	advmod
3	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 open	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tell	iobj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tell	xcomp
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not open	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	come back not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Open it, he has a uniform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Open	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 uniform	det
7	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	it					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	have	present	he	a uniform					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uniform=Patient

Option 3

Let him in if he is polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 polite	mark
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 polite	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 polite	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 polite	cop
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Let	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he					polite property	tree rules

Option 4

Open it a little on the chain to see his badge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Open	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Open	obl:unmarked
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 chain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chain	det
7	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Open	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 badge	nmod:poss
11	badge	badge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	it	the chain	a little obl:unmarked	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on chain=Location
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here	his badge			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer badge=Stimulus
3	badge		his = he				nom badge «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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