Test 18 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone

my mate says when someone rings and asks for ur mum, just say she's out and ur alone, it's polite

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, someone · What happens: say, ring, ask, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 rings	advmod
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 rings	nsubj
6	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asks	cc
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rings	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 mum	case
10	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asks	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 say	advmod
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 out	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 out	cop
17	out	out	ADV	_	14 say	ccomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ur	cc
19	ur	ur	ADV	_	17 out	conj
20	alone	alone	ADV	_	17 out	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 polite	punct
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 polite	expl
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 polite	cop
24	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ring	present	someone		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	ask speech: ask	present	someone not said here	for ur's mum	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	mate	alone, out property	tree rules
6	is	present		polite 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.

The options

Option 1

He is right, if the caller sounds nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sounds	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 sounds	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 caller	det
7	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sounds	nsubj
8	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sounds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	sound a condition, not said to happen	present	the caller					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not safe; never tell a caller you are home alone, say she cannot come to the phone

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 safe	advmod
2	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 tell	advmod
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 safe	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 caller	det
7	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 alone	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 alone	cop
10	home	home	ADV	_	11 alone	advmod
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 caller	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tell	conj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 come	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 come	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 come	advmod
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 say	ccomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 phone	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 phone	det
20	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	infinitive		a caller			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient
2	is	present	you	a caller not said here		alone, home property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not come	can	she		the phone		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial_Location

Option 3

He is right, honesty means saying you are alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
5	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 means	xcomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 alone	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 alone	cop
10	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 saying	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	mean	present	honesty		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	gerund	honesty not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	you	alone property	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, but give your address too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 give	cc
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 address	nmod:poss
8	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	6 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	give	infinitive		your address		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme
3	address		your			nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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