Test 14 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

man says mum sent him to pick me up but i don't know him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, mum, i · What happens: say, send, pick up, not know · To what, where: man, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ 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	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pick	mark
7	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 pick	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 pick	compound:prt
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 know	cc
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 know	advmod
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	man		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send	past	mum	man	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	pick up	to-infinitive	mum not said here	me	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic
4	not know	present · do-support	i	man	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Go, he knows your mum's name, so she must have sent him

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knows	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mum	case
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sent	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 sent	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sent	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sent	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 sent	aux
14	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Go	advcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	present	he	your mum's name	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	send	must · perfect	she	him = he	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	name		your mum		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Do not go, go back inside and check with an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 check	cc
9	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 adult	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go back	infinitive	you not said here	inside property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	check	infinitive	you not said here	with a adult	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Go if it is raining

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 raining	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raining	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 raining	aux
5	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rain a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

Go if he has a nice car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 has	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 car	det
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 car	amod
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	he	a nice car					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient

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