Test 11 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games

Teacher: «What do you do if your parents say no to a game?»

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, parents · What happens: do, say · To what, where: no, game · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 404 «Parents' rules for big games» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	vocative
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Teacher	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
4	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 say	mark
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 say	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present · do-support	you					Teacher vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	your parents	no	a game				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to game=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.

The options

Option 1

Get it at a friend's house and play it there instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Get	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 house	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 house	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 friend	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 play	cc
9	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 play	obj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 play	advmod
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	it		a friend's house			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at house=Asset
2	play	infinitive	you not said here	house		there		instead property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Accept it calmly and maybe ask again later with reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Accept	obj
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Accept	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ask	cc
5	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Accept	conj
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 ask	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 reasons	case
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	imperative	you not said here	it				calmly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here				again	with reasons; late, maybe property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Download it secretly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Download	download	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Download	obj
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	1 Download	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	download	imperative	you not said here	it				secretly property	tree rules

Option 4

Refuse to do any homework until they finally agree to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 do	mark
3	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 homework	det
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 do	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 agree	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 agree	nsubj
8	finally	finally	ADV	_	9 agree	advmod
9	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 do	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not do	to-infinitive	you not said here	any homework			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality
3	agree speech: agree	present	they		homework	finally property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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