Test 9 · Rude words at the table
Dad, angry: «Go to your room and think about what you said». After an hour, what's the wise step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, hour · What happens: go, think, say, be · To what, where: room, wise step · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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: Dad, angry: «Go to your room and think about what you said».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 angry | punct |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Go | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Go | punct |
| 6 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | parataxis |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 room | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 room | nmod:poss |
| 9 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Go | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 think | cc |
| 11 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 Go | conj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 what | case |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 think | obl |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 what | acl:relcl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | infinitive | your room | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | infinitive | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about what=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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: After an hour, what's the wise step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 hour | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hour | det |
| 3 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 step | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 step | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 step | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 step | det |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 step | amod |
| 9 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hour | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hour | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a hour and the wise step | the wise step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Come down and say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Come | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Come | conj |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come down | imperative | you not said here | down property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Shout at him through the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obl |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 door | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | the door | at him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Stay there until he apologises
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 apologises | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 apologises | nsubj |
| 5 | apologises | apologise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | apologise speech: apologize | present | he | tree rules |
Option 4
Climb out of the bedroom window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 window | case |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 window | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 window | det |
| 5 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 window | compound |
| 6 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the bedroom window | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out window=Trajectory |
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