Test 9 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper
«Eat them hot, mija». What is Mrs Lopez doing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mrs · What happens: eat, do · To what, where: them
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «Eat them hot, mija».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Eat | punct |
| 2 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 Eat | obj |
| 4 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Eat | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mija | punct |
| 6 | mija | mija | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 Eat | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 mija | punct |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Eat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | imperative | you not said here | them = they | hot property | tree rules |
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: What is Mrs Lopez doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 doing | aux |
| 3 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | Lopez | Lopez | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Mrs | flat |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | Mrs | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Asking Mia to cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cook | mark |
| 4 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Asking | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Mia | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mia=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cook not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Selling her tamales to the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selling | sell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 tamales | nmod:poss |
| 3 | tamales | tamale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Selling | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Selling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | gerund | her tamales | the family | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tamale=Theme to family=Recipient |
Option 3
Telling Mia off for leaving them to go cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Telling | compound:prt |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 leaving | mark |
| 5 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Telling | advcl |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leaving | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 leaving | xcomp |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 go | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | gerund | Mia | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mia=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | them = they | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | them = they not said here | cold property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Sharing food, which builds friendship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharing | share | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sharing | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 builds | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 builds | nsubj |
| 5 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 food | acl:relcl |
| 6 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 builds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | gerund | food | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | build | present | food | friendship | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friendship=Product |
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