Test 8 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry
slammed my door, dad's outside going «can we talk?». I'm still raging. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, we, I · What happens: slam, go, talk, rage · To what, where: door · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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: slammed my door, dad's outside going «can we talk?».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slammed | slam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 door | nmod:poss |
| 3 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 slammed | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 going | punct |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 going | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 going | aux |
| 7 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 8 going | advmod |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 slammed | conj |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 talk | punct |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 talk | aux |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 talk | nsubj |
| 12 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 going | parataxis |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 talk | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 talk | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 slammed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slam | past | my door | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | |||||
| 2 | go | present · progressive | dad | outside property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | talk in a quote | can | we | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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: I'm still raging.
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 | 4 raging | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 raging | aux |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 raging | advmod |
| 4 | raging | rage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 raging | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rage | present · progressive | I | still | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hold the door shut all night until he gives up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 door | det |
| 3 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 4 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Hold | xcomp |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 gives | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gives | nsubj |
| 9 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hold | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | the door | night | shut property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | ||
| 2 | give up | present | he | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Shout «go away»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | ccomp |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go away in a quote | infinitive | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Take a breath, then open and talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 breath | det |
| 3 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 open | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 open | advmod |
| 6 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | parataxis |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 talk | cc |
| 8 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | a breath | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ||||
| 2 | open | infinitive | then | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk | infinitive | you not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Climb out the 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 | _ | 1 Climb | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 window | det |
| 4 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb out | imperative | you not said here | the window | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location window=Theme |
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