Test 13 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

sis came in my room w/o knocking again

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sis · What happens: come, knock · To what, where: room

This is test 13 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 room	nmod:poss
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
6	w/o	without	SCONJ	_	7 knocking	mark
7	knocking	knock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 knocking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	sis			my room			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
2	knock	gerund	sis not said here				again		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Ask her calmly to knock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 knock	mark
5	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		her = she			calmly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	knock not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Lock her out of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lock	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	imperative	you not said here	her = she		the house			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3

Scream until mum comes running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scream	scream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 comes	mark
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 comes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Scream						tree rules
2	run	gerund	Scream not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Go in her room and mess it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	Go	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 room	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 room	nmod:poss
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mess	cc
6	mess	mess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mess	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 mess	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mess up	infinitive		room					tree rules

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