Test 2 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

What would happen if you tried to spin ten times fast without spotting?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, try, spin, spot

This is test 2 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» of the arts 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 tried	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 tried	nsubj
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 spin	mark
8	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 times	nummod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spin	obl:unmarked
11	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 spin	advmod
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 spotting	mark
13	spotting	spot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 spin	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	try a condition, not said to happen	past	you			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	spin not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	time	fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	spot	gerund	you not said here			vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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

You would stop feeling dizzy after the third spin or so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feeling	xcomp
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 spin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spin	det
8	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 spin	amod
9	spin	spin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 so	cc
11	so	so	ADV	_	9 spin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would	You						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	feel	gerund	You not said here				after the third spin	dizzy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You would get dizzy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	You					dizzy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Your eyes would fix themselves on a point without you trying

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	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fix	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fix	aux
4	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 fix	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 point	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 point	det
8	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fix	obl
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 trying	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 trying	nsubj
11	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fix	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	would	Your eyes	eyes = eye		a point			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
2	try	gerund	you						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

You would spin faster than ever and feel perfectly fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 spin	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spin	aux
3	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 spin	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 spin	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feel	cc
8	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spin	conj
9	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	would	You					fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	feel	present	You not said here					fine property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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