Test 6 · ★★★ · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters
big sis on the phone in the hall, other handset's right there. Best choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» 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: big sis on the phone in the hall, other handset's right there.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sis | amod |
| 2 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 phone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 phone | det |
| 5 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sis | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hall | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hall | det |
| 8 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 phone | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 handset | punct |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 handset | amod |
| 11 | handset | handset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sis | conj |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 handset | case |
| 13 | right | right | ADV | _ | 14 there | advmod |
| 14 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 sis | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sis | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Best choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 choice | amod |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 choice | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Record it so you can listen later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Record | record | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Record | obj |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 listen | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 listen | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 listen | aux |
| 6 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Record | advcl |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 listen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | imperative | you not said here | it | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | listen | can | you | late property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Listen in for just one minute only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 1 Listen | compound:prt |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 minute | case |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 one | advmod |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 minute | nummod |
| 6 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Listen | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Listen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen in | imperative | you not said here | minute | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Leave it, her call is private
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 private | punct |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 call | nmod:poss |
| 5 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 private | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 private | cop |
| 7 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | her call | private property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | call | her = she | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Pick it up very quietly so she won't hear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Pick | compound:prt |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 quietly | advmod |
| 5 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 Pick | advmod |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 hear | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hear | nsubj |
| 8 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hear | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hear | advmod |
| 10 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | quietly property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | not hear | future | she | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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