Test 7 · ★★ · Politicians and promises, as the news reports them

Granny: «He talked for two minutes and never said yes or no.» What did she notice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: He, she · What happens: talk, not say, notice · To what, where: Granny, no. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» 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	Granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talked	obl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Granny	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 talked	punct
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 talked	nsubj
5	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 minutes	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 talked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 said	advmod
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 talked	conj
12	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	14 no.	discourse
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 no.	cc
14	no.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	11 said	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 no.	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 notice	obj
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 notice	aux
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 notice	nsubj
19	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 talked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	talk in a quote	past	He	Granny	minute	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not say speech: assert in a quote	past	He not said here	no.		tree rules
3	notice	past · do-support	she			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=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.

The options

Option 1

He forgot what day it was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 forgot	obj
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obl:unmarked
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 was	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 day	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	He				day		tree rules

Option 2

He gave a very clear answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 clear	advmod
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a clear answer					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He dodged the question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dodged	nsubj
2	dodged	dodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dodged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dodge	past	He	the question					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent question=Location

Option 4

He was a very slow speaker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 speaker	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 speaker	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 speaker	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 slow	advmod
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 speaker	amod
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a slow speaker					tree rules

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