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Test 3 · The only child: a quiet house

Esme's dad is stuck in traffic and someone she doesn't know knocks at the door. What should her plan say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, someone, plan, Esme · What happens: be, not know, say, plan · To what, where: traffic, knocks, door · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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: Esme's dad is stuck in traffic and someone she doesn't know knocks at the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Esme	Esme	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Esme	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stuck	cop
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 traffic	case
7	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 know	cc
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 know	nsubj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 know	advmod
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stuck	conj
14	knocks	knock	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 know	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 know	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Esme's dad			traffic		stuck property	tree rules
2	not know	present · do-support	someone	knocks		the door			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer knock=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.

Sentence 2: What should her plan say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 plan	nmod:poss
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	Esme's plan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	plan		Esme						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Open it but keep the chain on and chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Open	obj
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 keep	cc
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chain	det
6	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 chat	case
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chat	cc
9	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	it					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	the chain		chat			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent chain=Theme on chat=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Don't open; call Dad or the grown-up on the list

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 open	advmod
3	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 call	punct
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	conj
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 list	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 list	det
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 list	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 up	punct
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 grown	compound:prt
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 list	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 list	det
14	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Dad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not open	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		Dad or the grown list				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
3	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Open the door and ask what they want politely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ask	cc
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	conj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 want	obj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	ccomp
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	5 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here					politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want	present	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 4

Hide in the garden shed until it's dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 garden	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 garden	det
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	shed	shed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	parataxis
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 dark	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dark	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dark	cop
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			the garden			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location
2	shed	past							vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	is	present	garden					dark property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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