Test 5 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets

A boy wants to carry his newborn cousin across the room. What should happen first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: want, carry, happen · To what, where: newborn cousin, room

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» 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

Sentence 1: A boy wants to carry his newborn cousin across the room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cousin	nmod:poss
7	newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cousin	amod
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 room	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a boy						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	boy's newborn cousin		the room			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=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 should happen first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 happen	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	should						first property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He should lift her up quickly by her arms so she does not slip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lift	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	aux
3	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lift	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 lift	compound:prt
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 lift	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 arms	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 arms	nmod:poss
9	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lift	obl
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 slip	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 slip	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 slip	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 slip	advmod
14	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lift	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift up	should	He	her = she				by her arms; quickly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme by arm=Destination
2	not slip	present · do-support	she						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

He should practise by swinging her gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 practise	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 practise	aux
3	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 swinging	mark
5	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 practise	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swinging	obj
7	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 practise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	should	He					gently property	tree rules
2	swing	gerund	He not said here	her = she					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme she=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A grown-up agrees and shows him how to support the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 up	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 up	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agrees	nsubj
5	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shows	cc
7	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 agrees	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shows	iobj
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 support	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 support	mark
11	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 shows	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 support	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	agree speech: agree	present	a grown up			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	show	present	a grown up not said here		up	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	support	to-infinitive	a grown up not said here	the head		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus

Option 4

He should wait until she is crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wait	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wait	aux
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 crying	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crying	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 crying	aux
7	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	should	He						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express	present · progressive	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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