Test 5 · ★★★ · Standing by a friend

Kieran: «come on Mads, we'll get him at the garages after school». Best answer for Maddie?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kieran, we · What happens: come, get · To what, where: Mads, Kieran, garages

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 370 «Standing by a friend» 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: Kieran: «come on Mads, we'll get him at the garages after school».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 come	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Mads	case
6	Mads	Mads	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 get	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 come	parataxis
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 garages	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 garages	det
14	garages	garage	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	obl
15	after	after	ADP	_	16 school	case
16	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 garages	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive	Kieran			Mads			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mads=Location
2	get in a quote	future	we	Kieran		the garages after school			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at garage=Asset

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 answer for Maddie?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Maddie	case
4	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 answer	nmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

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

«No, Kieran. I'm not doing that. Fancy a kickabout instead?»

Sentence 1: «No, Kieran.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Kieran	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 Kieran	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 No	punct
4	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Kieran	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: I'm not doing that.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 doing	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 doing	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 doing	advmod
4	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 doing	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present · progressive	I	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Sentence 3: Fancy a kickabout instead?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fancy	fancy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kickabout	det
3	kickabout	kickabout	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fancy	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Fancy	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Fancy	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Fancy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	imperative	you not said here	a kickabout				instead property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kickabout=Stimulus

Option 2

«Only if you go first»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct
2	Only	only	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 go	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 go	advmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present	you					first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

«OK, I'll bring the others, we'll get him»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 bring	punct
2	OK	ok	INTJ	_	6 bring	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 OK	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bring	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bring	aux
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 get	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 others	det
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bring	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bring	punct
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring in a quote	future	I	the others					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent other=Theme
2	get in a quote	future	we	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

«I'm never speaking to you again»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 speaking	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 speaking	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 speaking	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 speaking	advmod
5	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 speaking	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	5 speaking	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 speaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other in a quote	present · progressive	I		you		again		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent

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