Test 12 · ★ · Screens, sleep, fairness and differences

man in a wheelchair, should i just push him up the ramp

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: push up · To what, where: him

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 103 «Screens, sleep, fairness and differences» 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	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 push	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 wheelchair	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wheelchair	det
4	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 man	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 push	punct
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 push	aux
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 push	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 push	advmod
9	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 push	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 push	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ramp	det
13	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 push	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	should	man in a wheelchair	him = he					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme ramp=Destination

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

No, never offer him any help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 offer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 offer	advmod
4	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offer	obj
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 help	det
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not offer	imperative	you not said here	any help	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal help=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ask before helping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	before	before	SCONJ	_	3 helping	mark
3	helping	help	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	gerund	you not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, push him without asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 push	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 push	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 asking	mark
6	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 push	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he must need help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 need	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
5	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	must	he	help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

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