Test 7 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone Your parent texts that a neighbour, Mrs Lee, will drop off dinner. Mrs Lee knocks. What can you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, neighbour, Mrs, you · What happens: text, drop off, knock, do · To what, where: dinner
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Your parent texts that a neighbour, Mrs Lee, will drop off dinner.
nmod:poss nsubj mark det nsubj punct appos flat punct aux advcl compound:prt obj punct root Your PRON parent NOUN texts VERB that SCONJ a DET neighbour NOUN , PUNCT Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN , PUNCT will AUX drop VERB off ADP dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 parent nmod:poss 2 parent parent NOUN Number=Sing 3 texts nsubj 3 texts text VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 12 drop mark 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 neighbour det 6 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 12 drop nsubj 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 Mrs punct 8 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 6 neighbour appos 9 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 8 Mrs flat 10 , , PUNCT _ 6 neighbour punct 11 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 drop aux 12 drop drop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 texts advcl 13 off off ADP _ 12 drop compound:prt 14 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 12 drop obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 texts punct
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1 text present Your parent tree rules 2 drop off future a neighbour dinner vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=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: Mrs Lee knocks.
nsubj flat punct root Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN knocks VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 3 knocks nsubj 2 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mrs flat 3 knocks knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 knocks punct
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1 knock present Mrs vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
Sentence 3: What can you do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON can AUX you PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
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1 do can you vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Refuse to answer anyone at all, even Mrs Lee
mark xcomp obj case obl punct advmod compound obl root Refuse VERB to PART answer VERB anyone PRON at ADP all DET , PUNCT even ADV Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Refuse refuse VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to PART _ 3 answer mark 3 answer answer VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Refuse xcomp 4 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 answer obj 5 at at ADP _ 6 all case 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 answer obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 Lee punct 8 even even ADV _ 10 Lee advmod 9 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 10 Lee compound 10 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 1 Refuse obl
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1 refuse imperative you not said here Mrs Lee vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not answer speech: assert to-infinitive you not said here anyone all vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent anyone=Eventuality
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Tell Mrs Lee to leave it at the shop
obj flat mark ccomp obj case det obl root Tell VERB Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN to PART leave VERB it PRON at ADP the DET shop NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 3 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 2 Mrs flat 4 to to PART _ 5 leave mark 5 leave leave VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Tell ccomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 leave obj 7 at at ADP _ 9 shop case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 shop det 9 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 5 leave obl
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1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here Mrs vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mrs=Recipient clause=Topic 2 leave not said to happen to-infinitive it the shop vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at shop=Location
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Check it is Mrs Lee and then take the dinner
nsubj cop compound obj cc advmod conj det obj root Check VERB it PRON is AUX Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN and CCONJ then ADV take VERB the DET dinner NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 Lee nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Lee cop 4 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 5 Lee compound 5 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 1 Check obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 take cc 7 then then ADV PronType=Dem 8 take advmod 8 take take VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Check conj 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 dinner det 10 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 8 take obj
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1 check imperative you not said here vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is a present it Mrs Lee tree rules 3 take infinitive you not said here the dinner then vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme
Option 4 Ask Mrs Lee to stay the whole evening
obj flat mark xcomp det amod obl:unmarked root Ask VERB Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN to PART stay VERB the DET whole ADJ evening NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 3 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 2 Mrs flat 4 to to PART _ 5 stay mark 5 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 evening det 7 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 8 evening amod 8 evening evening NOUN Number=Sing 5 stay obl:unmarked
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1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here Mrs vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mrs=Recipient clause=Topic 2 stay not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here evening vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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