Test 11 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely

cows in the field w calves, can i go say hi

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cows · What happens: go, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping 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	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 go	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 field	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cows	nmod
5	w	w	ADV	PronType=Int	6 calves	advmod
6	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 field	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cows	punct
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 go	xcomp
12	hi	hi	INTJ	_	11 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	can	cows in the field calves						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	cows in the field calves not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic

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

Yes, cows love being patted, calves most of all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 love	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 patted	aux:pass
6	patted	pat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 love	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 calves	punct
8	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obl
9	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 love	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	cows	calves					tree rules
2	pat not said to happen	gerund · passive	cows not said here						vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Yes, if you run in quickly

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	in	in	ADP	_	5 run	compound:prt
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 run	advmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, walk calmly round the edge and leave them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leave	cc
9	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 walk	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the edge		calmly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round edge=Trajectory
2	leave	infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Only if you bring the dog along to keep them back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 bring	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 bring	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 bring	nsubj
4	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	obj
7	along	along	ADV	_	4 bring	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bring	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	you		the dog			along property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dog=Destination
2	keep back	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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