Test 20 · Manners and kindness

grandad asked nosy question at dinner, "so when's Auntie Jo getting married then", she went all quiet

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, Auntie · What happens: ask, marry, go · To what, where: nosy question, dinner, Auntie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 question	amod
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 married	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 married	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 married	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 married	advmod
11	's	's	PART	_	10 when	case
12	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 married	nsubj:pass
13	Jo	Jo	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Auntie	flat
14	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 married	aux:pass
15	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 asked	ccomp
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 married	advmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 married	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 went	punct
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 went	nsubj
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
21	all	all	ADV	_	22 quiet	advmod
22	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	grandad	nosy question	dinner			vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent question=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry in a quote	gerund · passive		Auntie		then		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	go	past	Auntie				quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

It means she is in trouble, so laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trouble	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 laugh	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 laugh	advmod
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she	trouble	tree rules
3	laugh	infinitive			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He asked about a party, so ask again louder

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 party	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 ask	advmod
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 ask	advmod
10	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He					about a party	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about party=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	He not said here				again	loud property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He asked when she will marry her partner; it is private, so change the subject kindly

The tree, 16 words

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 marry	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marry	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 marry	aux
6	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 partner	nmod:poss
8	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marry	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 private	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 private	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 private	cop
12	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 asked	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 change	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 change	advmod
15	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 subject	det
17	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 change	obj
18	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	15 change	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry	future	she	her partner		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Patient
3	is	present	partner		private property	tree rules
4	change	infinitive	He not said here	the subject	kindly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

It means she is already married and nobody told grandad, so congratulate her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 married	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 married	aux:pass
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 married	advmod
6	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 married	conj
10	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 congratulate	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 congratulate	advmod
13	congratulate	congratulate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 congratulate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry	present · passive		she		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	past	nobody		grandad	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandad=Recipient
4	congratulate	infinitive		her = she		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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