Test 8 · ★★ · When you want what others have

Mum's text: «Your sister's certificate is in TWO PIECES. I want to know who did this.» You did. Best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: certificate, sister, I, You · What happens: be, certificate, want, know, do · To what, where: TWO PIECES, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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: Mum's text: «Your sister's certificate is in TWO PIECES.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 text	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 PIECES	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 PIECES	punct
6	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 certificate	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 sister	case
9	certificate	certificate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 PIECES	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 PIECES	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 PIECES	case
12	TWO	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 PIECES	nummod
13	PIECES	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 text	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 text	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Your sister's certificate			TWO PIECES			tree rules
2	certificate in a quote		Your sister						nom certificate «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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: I want to know who did this.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 did	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	I		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	do	past		this	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality

Sentence 3: You did.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	You						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: Best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 reply	amod
2	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reply	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

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

«It was me. I'm sorry, I'll make her a new one»

Sentence 1: «It was me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 me	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 me	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 me	cop
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 me	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	It	me					tree rules

Sentence 2: I'm sorry, I'll make her a new one»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 sorry	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sorry	cop
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 make	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sorry	parataxis
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	xcomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					sorry property	tree rules
2	make	future	I	her = she					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product

Option 2

Don't answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 answer	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 answer	advmod
3	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not answer speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

«Ask her, she's careless with her things»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Ask	punct
2	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Ask	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 careless	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 careless	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 careless	cop
7	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Ask	parataxis
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 things	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 things	nmod:poss
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 careless	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is in a quote	present	she					with her things; careless property	tree rules

Option 4

«Probably the cat»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 cat	punct
2	Probably	probably	ADV	_	4 cat	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 cat	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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