Test 15 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

lil bro grabbed the razor, should i snatch it

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lil bro, i · What happens: grab, snatch · To what, where: razor

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bro	amod
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabbed	nsubj
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 razor	det
5	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabbed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 snatch	punct
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 snatch	aux
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 snatch	nsubj
9	snatch	snatch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grabbed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 snatch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	lil bro	the razor					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Theme
2	snatch	should	i	razor					vn obtain-13.5.2 «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.

The options

Option 1

Let him keep it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive	him = he not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Calmly ask an adult or swap it for a toy, don't grab the blade

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	_	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 swap	cc
6	swap	swap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 ask	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swap	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 toy	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 toy	det
10	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swap	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 grab	punct
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 grab	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 grab	advmod
14	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 ask	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 blade	det
16	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a adult	calmly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	swap	infinitive	you not said here	adult		for a toy	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for toy=Co-Theme
3	not grab	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	the blade			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme

Option 3

Snatch it off him quickly by the blade before he cuts himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snatch	snatch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Snatch	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Snatch	obl
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Snatch	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 blade	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blade	det
8	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Snatch	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 cuts	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cuts	nsubj
11	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Snatch	advcl
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 cuts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snatch	imperative	you not said here	it				off him = he; by the blade; quickly property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme off he=Source
2	cut	present	he	himself = he					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product

Option 4

Chase him round the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Chase	obj
3	round	round	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the house			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme round house=Trajectory

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