Test 15 · ★ · Balance and falling well

gonna stand on the swivel chair to get the biscuits, ok?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: stand, get · To what, where: swivel chair, biscuits

This is test 15 · ★ 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	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 stand	dep
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 chair	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chair	det
5	swivel	swivel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chair	compound
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stand	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 biscuits	det
10	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ok	punct
12	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 biscuits	amod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the swivel chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here	the biscuits					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer biscuit=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if you hold the back of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hold	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hold	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nsubj
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 back	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	you	the back of back					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme

Option 2

Yes, if you are quick about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 quick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 quick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					about it; quick property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it can roll or spin and you will fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 roll	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 roll	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 roll	aux
5	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 spin	cc
7	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 roll	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fall	cc
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 fall	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 roll	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	roll	can	it	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spin	infinitive		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	future	you	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, if somebody holds it and spins it very slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 holds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 holds	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 holds	mark
4	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 holds	nsubj
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holds	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spins	cc
8	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 holds	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spins	obj
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 slowly	advmod
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 spins	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	somebody	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	spin	present	somebody not said here	it				slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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