Test 11 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries

man behind me at the card machine is watching

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: watch

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watching	nsubj
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	3 me	case
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 man	nmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 machine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 machine	det
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 machine	compound
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 man	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 watching	aux
9	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	present · progressive	man behind me at the card machine						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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

Say the PIN out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 PIN	det
3	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
4	out	out	ADV	_	5 loud	advmod
5	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the PIN				loud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pin=Topic

Option 2

Type it slowly so he sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Type	type	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Type	obj
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Type	advmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 sees	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sees	nsubj
6	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Type	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	type	imperative	you not said here	it				slowly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	see	present	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Cover the keypad when you type your PIN

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 keypad	det
3	keypad	keypad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 type	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 type	nsubj
6	type	type	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Cover	advcl
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 PIN	nmod:poss
8	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 type	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	the keypad					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keypad=Destination
2	type	present	you	your PIN					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Theme

Option 4

Give him the card so he can stop looking over your shoulder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 card	det
4	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 stop	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
9	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stop	xcomp
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 shoulder	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shoulder	nmod:poss
12	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the card	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient card=Theme
2	stop	can	he				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	look	gerund	he not said here			over your shoulder	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Theme

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