Test 14 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

rocking back on my chair, it's fine i'm good at it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rocking, i · What happens: rock back, be · To what, where: chair

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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	rocking	rock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fine	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 rocking	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 chair	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 chair	nmod:poss
5	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rocking	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 rocking	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 good	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 good	cop
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fine	parataxis
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	rock back	gerund		my chair		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chair=Location
2	is	present	rocking	chair	fine property	tree rules
3	is	present	i		good property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Sit with all four legs down, it can slide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 legs	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 legs	det
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 legs	nummod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sit	obl
6	down	down	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 slide	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slide	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 slide	aux
10	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Sit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here					with all four legs; down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slide	can	it						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Fine if the floor is carpet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carpet	amod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 floor	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fine	advcl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 carpet	cop
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Fine carpet					tree rules

Option 3

Only while the teacher's not looking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 looking	advmod
2	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 looking	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 teacher	case
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 looking	advmod
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	gerund	the teacher						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Fine as long as you hold on to the desk with one hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	advmod
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 long	advmod
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 hold	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hold	nsubj
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 long	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 hold	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 desk	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 desk	det
10	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hand	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 hand	nummod
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present	you					to the desk; with one hand	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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