Test 15 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

grown-up i don't know keeps asking me to help him behind the shop

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, grown up · What happens: not know, keep, ask, help · To what, where: grown up, me, up, shop

This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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	grown	grown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 up	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 up	punct
3	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	nsubj
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 know	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 know	advmod
7	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 up	acl:relcl
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 asking	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 help	mark
12	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asking	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 help	obj
14	behind	behind	ADP	_	16 shop	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shop	det
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	i	grown up not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer up=Stimulus
2	keep	present	grown up				tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	grown up not said here		me		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
4	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	grown up not said here		up	the shop	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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 · ✓ the right answer

Say no, go to a busy place and tell an adult

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	_	4 go	punct
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
10	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 go	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	infinitive			a busy place	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

Go only for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 minute	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 minute	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 minute	det
5	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here				minute		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Go if he seems polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 seems	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seems	nsubj
4	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	he					polite property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Go, he might really need help, it's kind to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 need	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 need	aux
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kind	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kind	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 kind	cop
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 kind	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	might	he	help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
3	is	present	it		kind property	tree rules
4	help	to-infinitive				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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