Test 22 · Manners and kindness

heard nan say "she's on her own again, poor love" bout the lady next door

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan · What happens: hear, say, be · To what, where: own next door · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	ccomp
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 own	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 own	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 own	cop
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 own	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 love	punct
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 love	amod
13	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bout	compound
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 love	punct
15	bout	bout	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 own	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lady	det
17	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 own	conj
18	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	nan	own next door			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent door=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	nan		again	own 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.

The options

Option 1

It means she is alone in the house right now, so go round and let yourself in

The tree, 17 words

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	5 alone	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 alone	cop
5	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alone	obl
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 now	advmod
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 means	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 go	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
14	round	round	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 let	cc
16	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 go	conj
17	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 let	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	16 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			now		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she		the house		alone property	tree rules
3	go round	infinitive					round property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	let in	infinitive		yourself				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme

Option 2

It means she is unkind, so stop saying hello

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	5 unkind	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 stop	advmod
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
9	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stop	xcomp
10	hello	hello	INTJ	_	9 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she	unkind property	tree rules
3	stop	infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

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

Her partner has left or they have split up; be friendly to her and do not gossip

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 partner	nmod:poss
2	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 split	cc
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 split	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 split	aux
8	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 left	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 split	compound:prt
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 friendly	punct
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 friendly	cop
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	parataxis
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 friendly	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 gossip	cc
16	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 gossip	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 gossip	advmod
18	gossip	gossip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 friendly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	leave	present · perfect	Her partner			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	split up	present · perfect	they			vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	infinitive		partner	friendly property	tree rules
4	not gossip speech: other	infinitive · do-support				vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It means she is lost, so call the police

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	5 lost	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 call	advmod
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 police	det
10	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	present · passive		she	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	call	infinitive		the police	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

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