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Test 6 · ★ · When the police come

Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?» Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: say · To what, where: Teacher, Mr · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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: Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?»

punctpunctnsubjpunctobjauxnsubjacl:relclcaseoblflatcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctrootTeacherNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTJakePROPN,PUNCTwhatPRONdoAUXyouPRONsayVERBtoADPMrPROPNPatelPROPNaboutADPhisPRONorangesNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TeacherteacherNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_9 saypunct
3««PUNCT_9 saypunct
4JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing9 saynsubj
5,,PUNCT_9 saypunct
6whatwhatPRONPronType=Int9 sayobj
7dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 sayaux
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 saynsubj
9saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Teacheracl:relcl
10totoADP_11 Mrcase
11MrMrPROPNNumber=Sing9 sayobl
12PatelPatelPROPNNumber=Sing11 Mrflat
13aboutaboutADP_15 orangescase
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 orangesnmod:poss
15orangesorangeNOUNNumber=Plur9 sayobl
16??PUNCT_1 Teacherpunct
17»»PUNCT_1 Teacherpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepresent · do-supportJakeTeacherMrabout Jake's orangesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to mr=Recipient

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?

amodpunctrootBestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BestgoodADJDegree=Sup2 answeramod
2answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 answerpunct

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

The options

Option 1

He shouldn't put stands outside

nsubjauxadvmodccompadvmodrootHePRONshouldAUXn'tPARTputVERBstandsVERBoutsideADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 putnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 putaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 putadvmod
4putputVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5standsstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 putccomp
6outsideoutsideADV_4 putadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not putshouldHeoutside propertytree rules
2standpresentHe not said herevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sorry — I'll help clear up and pay my share

discoursepunctnsubjauxxcompcompound:prtccconjnmod:possobjrootSorryINTJ—PUNCTIPRON'llAUXhelpVERBclearVERBupADPandCCONJpayVERBmyPRONshareNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SorrysorryINTJ_5 helpdiscourse
2—-PUNCT_1 Sorrypunct
3IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 helpnsubj
4'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin5 helpaux
5helphelpVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6clearclearVERBVerbForm=Inf5 helpxcomp
7upupADP_6 clearcompound:prt
8andandCCONJ_9 paycc
9paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf5 helpconj
10mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 sharenmod:poss
11shareshareNOUNNumber=Sing9 payobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helpfutureIvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2clear upinfinitiveI not said herevn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
3payinfinitiveI not said heremy sharevn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Asset
4sharemynom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Oranges are cheap anyway

nsubjcopadvmodrootOrangesNOUNareAUXcheapADJanywayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OrangesorangeNOUNNumber=Plur3 cheapnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 cheapcop
3cheapcheapADJDegree=Posrootroot
4anywayanywayADV_3 cheapadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentOrangesanyway, cheap propertytree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It wasn't me, it was the other lad who knocked it

nsubjcopadvmodpunctnsubjcopdetamodconjnsubjacl:relclobjrootItPRONwasAUXn'tPARTmePRON,PUNCTitPRONwasAUXtheDETotherADJladNOUNwhoPRONknockedVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 mensubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 mecop
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 meadvmod
4meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prsrootroot
5,,PUNCT_10 ladpunct
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 ladnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 ladcop
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 laddet
9otherotherADJDegree=Pos10 ladamod
10ladladNOUNNumber=Sing4 meconj
11whowhoPRONPronType=Rel12 knockednsubj
12knockedknockVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 ladacl:relcl
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 knockedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is apastItmetree rules
2is apastitthe other ladtree rules
3knockpastthe other ladladvn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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