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Test 3 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper

«why'd Mr Patel let him off, he should've called the feds». (feds is American slang for police.) Why the sweeping instead?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mr, him, feds · What happens: let off, call, be · To what, where: him, feds, American slang · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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: «why'd Mr Patel let him off, he should've called the feds».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 let	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
4	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj
5	Patel	Patel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Mr	flat
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 've	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 've	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 've	aux
12	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	advcl
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 've	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feds	det
15	feds	fed	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 called	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 feds	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let off in a quote	would	Mr	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	call in a quote	participle	him = he not said here	the feds					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: (feds is American slang for police.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 slang	punct
2	feds	fed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slang	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slang	cop
4	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slang	amod
5	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 police	case
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slang	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slang	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 slang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	feds	American slang				for police	tree rules

Sentence 3: Why the sweeping instead?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sweeping	det
3	sweeping	sweeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 sweeping	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1

He was scared of Kieran and his mates

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	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Kieran	case
5	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mates	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mates	nmod:poss
8	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Kieran	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of Kieran and his mates; scared property	tree rules

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

He gave Kieran a second chance to make it right

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	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chance	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 chance	amod
6	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gave	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a second chance	Kieran				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kieran=Recipient chance=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	He not said here	chance				right property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3

He wanted free cleaning every Saturday forever

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	xcomp
4	cleaning	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 wanted	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 Saturday	det
6	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	obl:unmarked
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 cleaning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He					free property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	clean not said to happen	gerund	He not said here				saturday	forever property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He didn't care about stealing

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	4 care	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 care	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 care	advmod
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 stealing	case
6	stealing	stealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	past · do-support	He					about stealing	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about stealing=Stimulus

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