Test 2 · Handwriting: holding the pencil and joining up

«ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword». What would you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: hold, tell · To what, where: line, him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 5 «Handwriting: holding the pencil and joining up» of the English 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: «ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	6 dead	discourse
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dead	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 hand	case
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 line	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 line	nummod
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dead	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hold	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 hold	nsubj
12	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hold	obj
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 sword	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 sword	det
16	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hold	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold in a quote	present	I	line				like a sword	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

Sentence 2: What would 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	would	would	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	would	you		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pinch it near the tip with thumb and finger and rest it on the middle finger

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinch	pinch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pinch	obj
3	near	near	ADP	_	5 tip	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tip	det
5	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinch	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 thumb	case
7	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinch	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 finger	cc
9	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thumb	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rest	cc
11	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pinch	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rest	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 finger	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 finger	det
15	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 finger	amod
16	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pinch	imperative	you not said here	it		the tip		with thumb and finger	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with thumb=Instrument
2	rest	infinitive	you not said here	finger		the middle finger			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Location

Option 2

Use both hands at once to share the work, one pushing and one steering the pencil

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 hands	det
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Use	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 share	mark
7	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 share	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pushing	punct
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 pushing	nsubj
12	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Use	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 steering	cc
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 steering	nsubj
15	steering	steer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 pushing	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pencil	det
17	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	both hands	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	share	to-infinitive	you not said here	the work	tree rules
3	push	gerund	one		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	steer	gerund	one	the pencil	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme

Option 3

Hold the very end of the pencil, far from the tip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 end	advmod
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pencil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pencil	det
7	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 far	punct
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 tip	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tip	det
12	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the end of the pencil		the tip		far property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme

Option 4

Grip harder with the whole fist so it doesn't slip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harder	nsubj
2	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 fist	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fist	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fist	amod
6	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harder	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 slip	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slip	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 slip	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 slip	advmod
11	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 harder	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not slip	present · do-support	Grip						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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