Test 15 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

big dog running at me, no owner in sight!!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big dog · What happens: run

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» 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	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dog	amod
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dog	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 running	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 owner	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	appos
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 sight	case
10	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owner	nmod
11	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	2 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	big dog not said here					at me	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at i=Trajectory

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

Run as fast as you can to get away from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 fast	advmod
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 can	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 can	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fast	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get away	to-infinitive	you not said here			it		away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source

Option 2

Scream and wave your arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wave	cc
3	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Scream	conj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	infinitive	you not said here	your arms					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 3

Stare at it and shout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stare	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shout	cc
5	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stare	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	imperative	you not said here					at it	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme
2	shout speech: express	infinitive	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stand still like a tree, arms in, look away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 arms	punct
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tree	conj
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 arms	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here				still	like a tree and arms	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look away	infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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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