Test 7 · ★ · Promises to family
friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH». Best move?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: gimme back, say, be · To what, where: game, MONTH · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 gimme | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 gimme | punct |
| 4 | gimme | gimme | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 friend | acl:relcl |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 game | nmod:poss |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gimme | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 gimme | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 friend | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 MONTH | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 MONTH | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 MONTH | cop |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 MONTH | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 MONTH | det |
| 18 | MONTH | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | parataxis |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 MONTH | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gimme back in a quote | infinitive | friend not said here | my game | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | friend | week | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | friend | a MONTH | tree rules |
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: 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
Say he gave it to 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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 you | case |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | obl |
| # | 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 | give | past | he | it | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient |
Option 2
Ask for another week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 week | case |
| 3 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 week | det |
| 4 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | week | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Say you lost it somewhere and you'll look for it
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 | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | obj |
| 5 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 lost | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 look | cc |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 look | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 look | aux |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 look | obl |
| # | 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 | lose | past | you | it | somewhere property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | look | future | you | for it | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Give it back today and say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| 4 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | imperative | you not said here | it | today | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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