Test 11 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

didn't get picked for the team again. so rubbish

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not pick · To what, where: rubbish

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 picked	advmod
3	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 picked	aux:pass
4	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 team	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 picked	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 picked	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 rubbish	advmod
11	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick	past · passive · do-support		rubbish			again	for the team	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»

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

Give up the sport for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Give	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sport	det
4	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 good	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	imperative	you not said here	the sport				for good	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Source

Option 2

Pretend you never wanted to play anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 wanted	advmod
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pretend	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	not want	past	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	anyway property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pick on the kids who were chosen n make them sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 kids	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kids	det
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pick	obl
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 chosen	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chosen	aux:pass
7	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kids	acl:relcl
8	n	n	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 chosen	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here		on the kids	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on kid=Patient
2	choose	past · passive		the kids		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	make	infinitive		kids = kid	sorry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a teacher or parent and keep practising

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 parent	cc
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
8	practising	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a teacher or parent	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here		tree rules
3	practise	gerund	you not said here		tree rules

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