Test 10 · ★ · Balance and falling well
about to fall off the wall, stick my arm out straight??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: fall off, stick out · To what, where: wall, arm
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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 | about | about | ADV | _ | 3 fall | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 fall | mark |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 fall | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fall | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stick | punct |
| 8 | stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 fall | conj |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 arm | nmod:poss |
| 10 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stick | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 stick | advmod |
| 12 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 stick | advmod |
| 13 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall off | to-infinitive | the wall | about property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | stick out | infinitive | my arm | out, straight property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, tuck in and roll onto a soft side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 tuck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | tuck | tuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 tuck | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 roll | cc |
| 6 | roll | roll | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 tuck | conj |
| 7 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 10 side | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 side | det |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 side | amod |
| 10 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 roll | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck in | imperative | you not said here | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | roll | infinitive | you not said here | a soft side | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto side=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yes, land on both straight arms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 land | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 land | punct |
| 3 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 arms | case |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 arms | det |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 arms | amod |
| 7 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 land | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, and lock your elbow tight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 lock | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lock | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 lock | cc |
| 4 | lock | lock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 elbow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | elbow | elbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lock | obj |
| 7 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lock | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | imperative | you not said here | your elbow | tight property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elbow=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, a straight arm stops you best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 stops | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 arm | det |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 arm | amod |
| 5 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | nsubj |
| 6 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 stops | obj |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 stops | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | a straight arm | you | good property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality you=Eventuality |
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