Test 9 · ★ · Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who Tilly reads "Jo phoned Kim after she got home." Her friend asks who got home. What is the honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tilly, Jo, friend, honest answer · What happens: read, phone, get, ask, be · To what, where: Kim · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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: Tilly reads "Jo phoned Kim after she got home."
nsubj punct nsubj parataxis obj mark nsubj advcl advmod punct punct root Tilly PROPN reads VERB " PUNCT Jo PROPN phoned VERB Kim PROPN after SCONJ she PRON got VERB home ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tilly Tilly PROPN Number=Sing 2 reads nsubj 2 reads read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 phoned punct 4 Jo Jo PROPN Number=Sing 5 phoned nsubj 5 phoned phone VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 reads parataxis 6 Kim Kim PROPN Number=Sing 5 phoned obj 7 after after SCONJ _ 9 got mark 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 got nsubj 9 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 phoned advcl 10 home home ADV _ 9 got advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 reads punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 2 reads punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read present Tilly vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 phone in a quote past Jo Kim vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kim=Recipient 3 get in a quote past Jo home property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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.
Sentence 2: Her friend asks who got home.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp advmod punct root Her PRON friend NOUN asks VERB who PRON got VERB home ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 asks nsubj 3 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 got nsubj 5 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 asks ccomp 6 home home ADV _ 5 got advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Jo's friend vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 get past home property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What is the honest answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET honest ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the honest answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It must be Kim, the nearest name
nsubj aux cop punct det amod appos root It PRON must AUX be AUX Kim PROPN , PUNCT the DET nearest ADJ name NOUN 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 4 Kim nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 Kim aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 Kim cop 4 Kim Kim PROPN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 name punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 name det 7 nearest near ADJ Degree=Sup 8 name amod 8 name name NOUN Number=Sing 4 Kim appos
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a must It Kim tree rules
Option 2 It's nobody, "she" has no meaning
nsubj cop nsubj punct punct nsubj punct det obj root It PRON 's AUX nobody PRON , PUNCT " PUNCT she PRON " PUNCT has VERB no DET meaning NOUN 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 nobody nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 nobody cop 3 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 8 has nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 nobody punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 she punct 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 has nsubj 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 she punct 8 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 no no DET PronType=Neg 10 meaning det 10 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 8 has obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It nobody tree rules 2 have present nobody no meaning vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
Option 3 It must be Jo, the first name
nsubj aux cop punct det amod appos root It PRON must AUX be AUX Jo PROPN , PUNCT the DET first ADJ name NOUN 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 4 Jo nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 Jo aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 Jo cop 4 Jo Jo PROPN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 name punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 name det 7 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 8 name amod 8 name name NOUN Number=Sing 4 Jo appos
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a must It Jo tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It's ambiguous; it could be Jo or Kim
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux cop parataxis cc conj root It PRON 's AUX ambiguous ADJ ; PUNCT it PRON could AUX be AUX Jo PROPN or CCONJ Kim PROPN 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 ambiguous nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 ambiguous cop 3 ambiguous ambiguous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 Jo punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 Jo nsubj 6 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 Jo aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 Jo cop 8 Jo Jo PROPN Number=Sing 3 ambiguous parataxis 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 Kim cc 10 Kim Kim PROPN Number=Sing 8 Jo conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It ambiguous property tree rules 2 is a could it Jo or Kim tree rules
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