Test 10 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

grandad asked me same q 3 times today, so annoying

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad · What happens: ask · To what, where: same q, me

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	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 asked	iobj
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 q	amod
5	q	Q	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
6	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obl:unmarked
8	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 annoying	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 annoying	advmod
11	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 asked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	grandad	same q	me		time; today		tree rules

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

Ignore him until he remembers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 remembers	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 remembers	nsubj
5	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ignore	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	remember	present	he						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Laugh at him for forgetting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Laugh	obl
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 forgetting	case
5	forgetting	forgetting	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here					at him = he; for forgetting	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Tell him to stop asking the same thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here	the same thing		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Be patient and remind him kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 patient	cop
2	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 remind	cc
4	remind	remind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 patient	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remind	iobj
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	4 remind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					patient property	tree rules
2	remind speech: other	infinitive	you not said here		him = he			kindly property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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