Test 9 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

running to the table w the scissors to show sara!

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: running · What happens: run, show · To what, where: table, sara · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 show	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 table	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 running	obl
5	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	7 scissors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scissors	det
7	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 running	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 show	mark
9	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	sara	sara	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				the table		with the scissors	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to table=Destination
2	show	to-infinitive	running	sara					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sara=Recipient

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

Run fast so it's quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 quick	advmod
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advcl

#	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	is	present	it					quick property	tree rules

Option 2

Throw them over to her, it's quicker than running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	1 Throw	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quicker	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 quicker	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 quicker	cop
9	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Throw	parataxis
10	than	than	SCONJ	_	11 running	mark
11	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 quicker	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	throw over	imperative	you not said here	them = they	her = she		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme to she=Destination
2	is	present	it			quick property	tree rules
3	run	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Walk with the points down, never run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 points	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 points	det
4	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Walk	obl
5	down	down	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 run	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 run	advmod
8	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					with the points; down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not run	infinitive	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Run with the points up so u don't trip on them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 points	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 points	det
4	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Run	obl
5	up	up	ADP	_	1 Run	compound:prt
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 trip	advmod
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 trip	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trip	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 trip	advmod
10	trip	trip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trip	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run up	imperative	you not said here					with the points	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with point=Material
2	not trip	present · do-support	u					on points = point	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory

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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