Test 2 · ★★ · Calling emergency services well
Ann calls 999 and says, "Come quick, Grandad is hurt!" and then hangs up. What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ann · What happens: call, say, come, hurt, hang up, go · To what, where: 999, Grandad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» 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: Ann calls 999 and says, "Come quick, Grandad is hurt!" and then hangs up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ann | Ann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | nsubj |
| 2 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 calls | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 says | cc |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 calls | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Come | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Come | punct |
| 8 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 8 Come | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hurt | punct |
| 11 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 hurt | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 hurt | aux:pass |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Come | advcl |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 Come | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Come | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 hangs | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 hangs | advmod |
| 18 | hangs | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 calls | conj |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 hangs | compound:prt |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Ann | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: express | present | Ann not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come in a quote | infinitive | quick property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | hurt in a quote | present · passive | Grandad | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | hang up | present | Ann not said here | then | vn assuming_position-50 «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: What went wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | xcomp |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She did not say where she was or stay on the line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 say | advmod |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 was | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 was | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 stay | cc |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 say | conj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 line | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 line | det |
| 12 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert | past · do-support | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be | past | she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stay | infinitive | She not said here | the line | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She called the wrong number for the UK
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 number | det |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 number | amod |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 UK | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 UK | det |
| 8 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 number | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | She | the wrong number | for the UK | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent number=Theme for uk=Beneficiary |
Option 3
She spoke too slowly and quietly for the call taker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 2 spoke | advmod |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 spoke | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 quietly | cc |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 4 slowly | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 taker | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 taker | det |
| 9 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taker | compound |
| 10 | taker | taker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | She | for the call taker; slowly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nothing, help will find her anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 help | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 find | obj |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | future | Nothing help | her = she | anyway property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
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