Test 4 · ★★ · Calling emergency services well

A girl in Seattle is on the phone with 911 and hears the ambulance outside. What should she do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: be, hear, do · To what, where: phone, ambulance

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: A girl in Seattle is on the phone with 911 and hears the ambulance outside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 phone	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Seattle	case
4	Seattle	Seattle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 phone	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 phone	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 phone	det
8	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 911	case
10	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 phone	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hears	cc
12	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 911	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ambulance	det
14	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hears	obj
15	outside	outside	ADV	_	14 ambulance	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 phone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a girl in Seattle			the phone		with 911	tree rules
2	hear	present	a girl in Seattle not said here	the ambulance					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ambulance=Stimulus

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 should she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	girl						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay on the line until the call taker says she can hang up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 line	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 line	det
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 says	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 taker	det
7	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taker	compound
8	taker	taker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hang	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hang	aux
12	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 says	ccomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 hang	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here	the line	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location
2	say speech: assert	present	the call taker		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hang up	can	taker		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Hang up at once and run outside to wave at the ambulance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Hang	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 run	cc
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hang	conj
7	outside	outside	ADV	_	6 run	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wave	mark
9	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 run	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 ambulance	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ambulance	det
12	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	hang up	imperative	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location
2	run	present	you not said here		outside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wave	to-infinitive	you not said here	the ambulance		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ambulance=Location

Option 3

Call her friend to tell her the news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Call	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tell	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 news	det
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here		her friend				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here	the news	friend				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient news=Topic

Option 4

Turn off the phone to save battery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 save	mark
6	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
7	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	imperative	you not said here	the phone					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent phone=Patient
2	save	to-infinitive	you not said here	battery					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme

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