Test 4 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

Your friend says "Let's play with my dad's lighter!" and you feel uneasy. What do you do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, 's, you · What happens: say, let, play, feel, do · To what, where: 's · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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: Your friend says "Let's play with my dad's lighter!" and you feel uneasy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Let	punct
5	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 Let	obj
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Let	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 lighter	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dad	nmod:poss
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lighter	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 dad	case
12	lighter	lighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Let	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Let	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 feel	cc
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 feel	nsubj
17	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
18	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 feel	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Your friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let in a quote	infinitive		's		tree rules
3	play in a quote	infinitive	's not said here		with my dad's lighter	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lighter=Theme
4	feel	present	you		uneasy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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 do you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Keep it secret so your friend is not in trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 trouble	mark
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trouble	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trouble	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 trouble	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not is	present	your friend			trouble			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Say no, and phone your parents if you want to go home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 phone	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 phone	cc
5	phone	phone	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 phone	obj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 want	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 phone	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 want	xcomp
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	phone	infinitive		your parents		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
3	want a condition, not said to happen	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Play for just a moment and stop as soon as it starts to get dangerous

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 moment	case
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 moment	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 moment	det
5	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stop	cc
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	conj
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 soon	advmod
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 stop	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 starts	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 starts	nsubj
12	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 starts	xcomp
15	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here	moment		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	infinitive	you not said here		soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	start	present	it			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	get	to-infinitive			dangerous property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Watch your friend do it but not touch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Watch	obj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Watch	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 touch	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 touch	advmod
8	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Watch	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	watch	imperative	you not said here	your friend	tree rules
2	do	infinitive	your friend not said here	friend	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	not touch	infinitive	you not said here	friend	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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