Test 13 · ★ · Being trusted and what to do with things you find

babysitting my lil bro, gonna go play upstairs

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: babysitting · What happens: babysit, go · To what, where: lil bro, play

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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	babysitting	babysit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 go	csubj
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bro	nmod:poss
3	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bro	amod
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 babysitting	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gonna	punct
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	4 bro	conj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obj
9	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	7 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	babysit	gerund		my lil bro					vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Beneficiary
2	go	present	babysitting	play				upstairs property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location play=Theme

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

Fine, he'll shout up the stairs if he needs you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shout	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shout	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shout	aux
5	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	parataxis
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 shout	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stairs	det
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shout	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 needs	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 needs	nsubj
11	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shout	advcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout up speech: express	future	he	the stairs					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stair=Topic
2	need a condition, not said to happen	present	he	you					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Keep him in sight and call an adult if anything happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 sight	case
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 call	cc
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 happens	mark
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 happens	nsubj
11	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	him = he		sight	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sight=Location
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	happen a condition, not said to happen	present	anything				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Lock him in his room to be safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lock	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 room	nmod:poss
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lock	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	8 safe	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 safe	cop
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lock	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	imperative	you not said here	him = he		his room			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					safe property	tree rules

Option 4

Fine, if you check every hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 check	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 check	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 check	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 check	nsubj
5	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present	you				hour		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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