Test 7 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no
A gamer you met online says he is ten and asks for your school name. What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, gamer, your · What happens: meet, say, be, ask, name · To what, where: gamer, ten · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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: A gamer you met online says he is ten and asks for your school name.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gamer | det |
| 2 | gamer | gamer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 met | nsubj |
| 4 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gamer | acl:relcl |
| 5 | online | online | ADV | _ | 4 met | advmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ten | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ten | cop |
| 9 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 says | ccomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 asks | cc |
| 11 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 name | case |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 name | nmod:poss |
| 14 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 name | compound |
| 15 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 asks | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | past | you | a gamer not said here | online property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gamer=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a gamer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | gamer | ten | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | present | a gamer not said here | for your school name | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | name | your | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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: What is wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Tell him, because he is also a child
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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 child | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 child | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 child | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 child | cop |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 9 child | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a child | tree rules |
Option 2
Give him a fake name of a nearby school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 4 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 name | amod |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 school | det |
| 8 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 school | amod |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a fake name of a nearby school | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=Theme | |||
| 2 | name | a nearby school | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Tell him if he tells you his school first
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 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 tells | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tells | nsubj |
| 5 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 tells | iobj |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 school | nmod:poss |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tells | obj |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 tells | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | he | his school | you | first property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient school=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Do not tell him, and tell a parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 tell | advmod |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | iobj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tell | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tell | cc |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 parent | det |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | imperative · do-support | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a parent | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
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