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Test 11 · Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher

Your little brother says "Alexa, weather, now!" and your mum says "Manners!" What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, mum · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Alexa · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language 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 little brother says "Alexa, weather, now!" and your mum says "Manners!"

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Alexa	punct
6	Alexa	Alexa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 weather	punct
8	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Alexa	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 now	punct
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 Alexa	advmod
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 Alexa	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Alexa	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 says	cc
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mum	nmod:poss
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Manners	punct
18	Manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	16 says	ccomp
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 Manners	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Manners	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your little brother	Alexa					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent alexa=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	your mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's illegal to speak to a machine without saying please

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 illegal	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 illegal	cop
3	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 illegal	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 machine	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 machine	det
8	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speak	obl
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 saying	mark
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 speak	advcl
11	please	please	INTJ	_	3 illegal	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					illegal property	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive						to a machine	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to machine=Co-Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Machines feel hurt and cry when people don't say please

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	nsubj
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 feel	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cry	cc
5	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feel	conj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 say	advmod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cry	advcl
11	please	please	INTJ	_	2 feel	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Machines						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hurt	participle	Machines not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	cry speech: express	infinitive	Machines not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	people						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

People disagree about manners with machines; with people, always be polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	nsubj
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 manners	case
4	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 disagree	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 machines	case
6	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 polite	punct
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 polite	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 polite	cop
13	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	People					about manners; with machines; with people	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent about manners=Topic with machine=Co-Agent
2	is	infinitive	people not said here					always, polite property	tree rules

Option 4

Alexa will delete his account if he doesn't say please

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alexa	Alexa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 delete	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 delete	aux
3	delete	delete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 account	nmod:poss
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delete	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 say	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 say	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 delete	conj
11	please	please	INTJ	_	10 say	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delete	future	Alexa	Alexa's account					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	not say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	Alexa						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	account		Alexa						nom account «communication transitive»: poss=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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