Test 12 · Eyes, ears and moving your body

new girl's deaf, should i shout so she hears

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new girl, girl · What happens: shout, hear

This is test 12 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 girl	amod
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shout	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 girl	case
4	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 girl	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 girl	punct
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 shout	aux
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 shout	nsubj
8	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 hears	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hears	nsubj
11	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shout	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	should	new girl						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	present	girl						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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

Shout right in her ear so she can hear every word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	5 ear	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 ear	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 hear	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hear	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	her ear					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Topic
2	hear	can	she	every word					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

Option 2

Write nothing and wave instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Write	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wave	cc
4	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Write	conj
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 wave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
2	wave	present	you not said here					instead property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Face her and speak clearly without shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Face	face	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Face	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 speak	cc
4	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Face	conj
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 shouting	mark
7	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 speak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	face	imperative	you not said here	her = she		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Destination
2	speak speech: other	present	you not said here		clearly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	gerund	you not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Talk behind her back quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	3 her	case
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Talk	obl
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Talk	advmod
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Talk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk back	imperative	you not said here					behind her = she; quickly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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