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Test 8 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

Little brother, panicking: "The remote's gone and the scary film's still on!" What should you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Little brother, remote, you · What happens: panic, be, tell · To what, where: brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» of the adult life 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: Little brother, panicking: "The remote's gone and the scary film's still on!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 brother	amod
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 panicking	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 panicking	punct
4	panicking	panic	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
7	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 remote	det
8	remote	remote	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gone	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gone	cop
10	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 panicking	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 on	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 film	det
13	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 film	amod
14	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 on	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 film	case
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 on	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	10 gone	compound:prt
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 panicking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	panic	gerund	Little brother						tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	the remote					gone property	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.

Sentence 2: What should you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	you		brother				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Keep searching the sofa while the film is playing loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	searching	search	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sofa	det
4	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 searching	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 playing	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 film	det
7	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 playing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 playing	aux
9	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 searching	advcl
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 playing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	search	gerund	you not said here	the sofa					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent sofa=Location
3	play	present · progressive	the film					loudly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Press the button on the TV, or come and get a grown-up

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 button	det
3	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 TV	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 TV	det
6	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Press	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Press	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 up	det
13	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 up	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 up	punct
15	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here	the button		the TV			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme
2	come	infinitive	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	infinitive	you not said here	a grown up					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer up=Stimulus
4	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Put a blanket over the TV and watch cartoons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 blanket	det
3	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 TV	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 TV	det
6	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 watch	cc
8	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
9	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a blanket		the TV			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme over tv=Destination
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	cartoons					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Theme

Option 4

Shout at the TV until it switches itself off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 TV	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 TV	det
4	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 switches	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 switches	nsubj
7	switches	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 switches	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	7 switches	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here			the TV			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	switch off	present	TV	TV					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient

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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