Test 10 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

mum is mowing the lawn, can i stand close n watch

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, i · What happens: mow, stand · To what, where: lawn, close n watch

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mowing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mowing	aux
3	mowing	mow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lawn	det
5	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mowing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stand	punct
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 stand	aux
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 stand	nsubj
9	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mowing	conj
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 watch	amod
11	n	n	X	_	12 watch	compound
12	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mow	present · progressive	mum	the lawn					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient
2	stand	can	i	close n watch					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=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, watching is safe if u don't touch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 watching	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 safe	csubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 touch	mark
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 touch	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 touch	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 touch	advmod
10	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund				vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	watching		safe property	tree rules
3	not touch a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	u	it		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 2

Yes, if you stand in front of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	you			front of front			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, keep far away, it can throw stones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 keep	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 throw	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 throw	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 throw	aux
9	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keep	conj
10	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	throw	can	it	stones					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

Option 4

Only if you wear your trainers n long socks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 wear	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 wear	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wear	nsubj
4	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 trainers	nmod:poss
6	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 n	nsubj
7	n	n	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wear	ccomp
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 socks	amod
9	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 n	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	you						tree rules
2	n	present	your trainers	long socks					tree rules

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