Test 8 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people Your friend's older brother offers to take you both to the shop. Your mum does not know. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: older brother, mum, you · What happens: offer, take, not know, do · To what, where: you, shop
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Sentence 1: Your friend's older brother offers to take you both to the shop.
nmod:poss nmod:poss case amod nsubj mark xcomp obj nmod:unmarked case det obl punct root Your PRON friend NOUN 's PART older ADJ brother NOUN offers VERB to PART take VERB you PRON both DET to ADP the DET shop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 brother nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 friend case 4 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 brother amod 5 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 6 offers nsubj 6 offers offer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to PART _ 8 take mark 8 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 offers xcomp 9 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 take obj 10 both both DET PronType=Tot 9 you nmod:unmarked 11 to to ADP _ 13 shop case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 shop det 13 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 8 take obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 offers punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 offer present Your friend's older brother tree rules 2 take not said to happen to-infinitive Your friend's older brother not said here you the shop vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to shop=Destination
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: Your mum does not know.
nmod:poss nsubj aux advmod punct root Your PRON mum NOUN does AUX not PART know VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 5 know nsubj 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 know aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 know advmod 5 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not know present · do-support Your mum vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What should you do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX you PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should you vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Go, because you will be back soon
punct mark nsubj aux cop advmod advmod root Go VERB , PUNCT because SCONJ you PRON will AUX be AUX back ADV soon ADV 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 _ 7 back punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 back mark 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 back nsubj 5 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 back aux 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 back cop 7 back back ADV _ 1 Go advmod 8 soon soon ADV Degree=Pos 7 back advmod
# 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 is future you back, soon property tree rules
Option 2 Go, because he is your friend's big brother
punct mark nsubj cop nmod:poss nmod:poss case amod obl root Go VERB , PUNCT because SCONJ he PRON is AUX your PRON friend NOUN 's PART big ADJ brother NOUN 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 _ 10 brother punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 10 brother mark 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 friend nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 friend cop 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 friend nmod:poss 7 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 10 brother nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 friend case 9 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 10 brother amod 10 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 1 Go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here your friend's big brother vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present he 's your friend tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Ask your mum first and only go if she says yes
nmod:poss obj advmod cc advmod conj mark nsubj advcl discourse root Ask VERB your PRON mum NOUN first ADV and CCONJ only ADV go VERB if SCONJ she PRON says VERB yes INTJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 mum nmod:poss 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 4 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 1 Ask advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 go cc 6 only only ADV _ 7 go advmod 7 go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Ask conj 8 if if SCONJ _ 10 says mark 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 says nsubj 10 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 go advcl 11 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 1 Ask discourse
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here your mum first property vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient 2 go infinitive you not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen present she vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Go if your friend is going too
mark nmod:poss nsubj aux advcl advmod root Go VERB if SCONJ your PRON friend NOUN is AUX going VERB too ADV 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 _ 6 going mark 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 friend nmod:poss 4 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 6 going nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 going aux 6 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Go advcl 7 too too ADV _ 6 going advmod
# 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 go a condition, not said to happen present · progressive your friend vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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