Test 3 · ★ · Promises to family
Gran: «I sat by the phone all evening, love». You forgot to call. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, You · What happens: sit, forget, not call · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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: Gran: «I sat by the phone all evening, love».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 sat | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 sat | nsubj |
| 5 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 phone | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 phone | det |
| 8 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | obl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 evening | det |
| 10 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 love | punct |
| 12 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 evening | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 love | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit in a quote | past | Gran | evening | by the phone | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by phone=Location |
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: You forgot to call.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 call | mark |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 forgot | xcomp |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 forgot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | You | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not call | to-infinitive | You not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry and call her properly now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 call | cc |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | obj |
| 6 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 4 call | advmod |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 call | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | her = she | now | properly property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 2
Say you were doing homework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 doing | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 doing | aux |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past · progressive | you | homework | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
Option 3
Say the phone was broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 phone | det |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | break | past · passive | the phone | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
Say she should have called you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 called | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 called | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 called | aux |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 called | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | call | should · perfect · passive | she | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme you=Result |
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