Test 3 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone

Which statement is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which statement					true 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 · ← Mova's choice

Anyone in a uniform must be let in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 let	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 uniform	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 uniform	det
4	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anyone	nmod
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	aux:pass
7	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	must · passive		Anyone					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A real worker will come back later if no adult is home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 worker	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 worker	amod
3	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 come	advmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 home	mark
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 home	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 home	cop
12	home	home	ADV	_	5 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	future	a real worker					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	no adult					home property	tree rules

Option 3

It is rude to keep a door locked when people knock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rude	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 keep	xcomp
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 knock	advmod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 knock	nsubj
11	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 locked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		rude property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive		a door		tree rules
3	lock	participle	a door not said here			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	knock	present	people			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Delivery drivers can come in to leave parcels in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drivers	compound
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 leave	mark
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 come	advcl
8	parcels	parcel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leave	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in	can	Delivery drivers						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	to-infinitive	Delivery drivers not said here	parcels		the hall			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme in hall=Location

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