Test 13 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

he called me over to his car window, said its ok im a teacher

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: call over, say · To what, where: me, car window, ok · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 window	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 window	nmod:poss
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 window	compound
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ok	nmod:poss
12	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 said	obj
13	im	im	ADP	_	15 teacher	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 teacher	det
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call over speech: assert	past	he	me	his car window				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Topic to window=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here	window's ok				im a teacher	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ok=Topic

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

Lean in the window to be polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 window	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lean	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	7 polite	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 polite	cop
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lean	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	imperative	you not said here			the window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in window=Location
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					polite property	tree rules

Option 2

Go over because teachers are always safe people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 people	mark
4	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 people	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 people	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 people	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go over	imperative	you not said here					over property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	teachers	safe people				always property	tree rules

Option 3

Walk right up to hear him better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	up	up	ADP	_	5 hear	mark
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hear	mark
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hear	obj
7	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he				well property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stay more than an arm's length away and go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Stay	obj
3	than	than	ADP	_	7 length	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 arm	det
5	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 length	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 arm	case
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 more	obl
8	away	away	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here	more				away property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme more=Location
2	go	infinitive	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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