Test 10 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

hurt my arm, been waiting ages in emergency, that guy just went before us??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, guy · What happens: hurt, wait, go · To what, where: arm, ages, emergency

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arm	nmod:poss
3	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hurt	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 waiting	punct
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 waiting	aux
6	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 hurt	advcl
7	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 waiting	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 emergency	case
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 guy	det
12	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 went	advmod
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 waiting	conj
15	before	before	ADP	_	16 us	case
16	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 went	obl
17	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	hurt	imperative	you not said here	my arm			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient
2	wait	participle · progressive	you not said here	ages	emergency		tree rules
3	go	past	that guy			before us	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before we=Location

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

The doctor likes him better than you and your mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 likes	nsubj
3	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 likes	obj
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 likes	xcomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 better	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 mum	cc
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mum	nmod:poss
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 you	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	the doctor	him = he				good property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The most serious cases are seen first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cases	det
2	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 serious	advmod
3	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cases	amod
4	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seen	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux:pass
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · passive		the serious cases				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

He paid more money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 money	amod
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	He	more money					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset

Option 4

It's always first come, first served

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 come	advmod
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 served	punct
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 served	advmod
8	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 come	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	It					always, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	serve	participle						first property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

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