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Test 7 · Our street against theirs

Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy». Kieran won't look at his cousin. What's sensible?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, Kieran · What happens: budge up, pass, not look, be · To what, where: gravy

This is test 7 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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: Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 budge	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 Christmas	case
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 two	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 two	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 two	nsubj
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Mum	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mum	punct
9	budge	budge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 budge	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pass	cc
12	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 budge	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gravy	det
14	gravy	gravy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pass	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 pass	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 budge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	budge up in a quote	infinitive	Mum at Christmas						tree rules
2	pass in a quote	infinitive	Mum at Christmas not said here	the gravy					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gravy=Trajectory

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: Kieran won't look at his cousin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 look	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 look	advmod
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 cousin	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cousin	nmod:poss
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	future	Kieran					at Kieran's cousin	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at cousin=Theme

Sentence 3: What's sensible?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 sensible	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sensible	cop
3	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sensible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						sensible property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sit on the stairs instead of at the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 stairs	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stairs	det
4	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sit	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	9 table	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 table	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			the stairs		instead the table	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location

Option 2

Say Station Road started it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Station	Station	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Road	compound
3	Road	Road	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 started	nsubj
4	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 started	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 it	det

#	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	start	past	Station Road	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Be normal with his cousin; it's family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 normal	cop
2	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 cousin	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 normal	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 family	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 family	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 family	cop
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 normal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					with his cousin; normal property	tree rules
2	is a	present	cousin	family					tree rules

Option 4

Make the cousin pass him everything at dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cousin	det
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
4	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pass	obj
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 pass	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dinner	case
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	the cousin					tree rules
2	pass	infinitive	the cousin not said here	everything	him = he	dinner			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Theme

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