Test 10 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing

im the shortest in the class, will i always be?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, i · What happens: im, be · To what, where: shortest

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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	im	im	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shortest	det
3	shortest	short	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 im	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 class	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shortest	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 be	punct
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 be	aux
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 be	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 be	advmod
11	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 im	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 im	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	im	imperative	you not said here	the shortest					tree rules
2	be	future	i					always property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Only if your shoes are small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 small	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 small	mark
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shoes	nmod:poss
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 small	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 small	cop
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	your shoes					small property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, height never changes after 9

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 height	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 changes	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 changes	advmod
5	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 9	case
7	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 changes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present	height				after 9		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, you'll stay short forever, it's in your blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stay	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 blood	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 blood	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 blood	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 blood	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 blood	nmod:poss
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	future	you					forever, short property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it			your blood			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not necessarily, everyone grows at their own pace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 necessarily	advmod
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	5 grows	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 necessarily	punct
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 grows	nsubj
5	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 pace	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pace	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pace	amod
9	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	everyone					at their own pace; necessarily property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pace=Location

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