Test 14 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

wanna see how dad's drill works, he's out

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, drill, he · What happens: see, work, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 see	dep
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 works	advmod
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drill	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 see	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 see	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 out	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 out	cop
11	out	out	ADV	_	2 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	see	imperative	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	work	present	dad's drill		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he	out 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.

The options

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

Wait and ask him to show you safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 ask	cc
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ask	xcomp
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 show	iobj
8	safely	safely	ADV	_	6 show	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	you	safely property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 2

Ask your little sister to hold it while you try

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sister	amod
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hold	mark
6	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hold	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 try	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 try	nsubj
10	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		your little sister	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hold not said to happen	to-infinitive		it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	try	present	you			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Plug it in and try

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plug	plug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Plug	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	1 Plug	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 try	cc
5	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Plug	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plug in	imperative	you not said here	it					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
2	try	infinitive	you not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Use it on a toy first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Use	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 toy	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	it		a toy		first property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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