Test 13 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments

nan's in hospital, waiting room's sooo boring, can i run up n down the corridor

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hospital · What happens: wait, not run up · To what, where: room, corridor

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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	nan	nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hospital	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 nan	case
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 hospital	case
4	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 run	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 waiting	punct
6	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hospital	acl
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 room	case
9	sooo	so	ADV	_	10 boring	advmod
10	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 room	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hospital	punct
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 run	aux
13	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 run	nsubj
14	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 run	compound:prt
16	n	not	ADV	_	14 run	advmod
17	down	down	ADP	_	19 corridor	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 corridor	det
19	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	nan's hospital not said here	room					tree rules
2	not run up	can	nan's hospital			the corridor			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down corridor=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

Yes, nurses like to see kids play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 like	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	nsubj
4	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 like	xcomp
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 play	nsubj
8	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	like	present	nurses	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	nurses not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	play	present	kids	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Only if you shout less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 shout	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 shout	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 shout	nsubj
4	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	you					less property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, stay seated and keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stay	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keep	cc
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	conj
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	seat	participle	you not said here		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you run quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 run	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 run	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you					quietly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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