Test 7 · ★ · Being trusted and what to do with things you find
Your little sister is playing in the paddling pool while you mind her, and your friend calls you to come and see something inside. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, you, friend · What happens: play, mind, call, come, see, do · To what, where: paddling pool, sister, you, something · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your little sister is playing in the paddling pool while you mind her, and your friend calls you to come and see something inside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 playing | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 playing | aux |
| 5 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 pool | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pool | det |
| 8 | paddling | paddling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pool | compound |
| 9 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 playing | obl |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 mind | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 mind | nsubj |
| 12 | mind | mind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 playing | advcl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mind | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 calls | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 calls | cc |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 friend | nmod:poss |
| 17 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 calls | nsubj |
| 18 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 playing | parataxis |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 calls | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 come | mark |
| 21 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 calls | xcomp |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 see | cc |
| 23 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 come | conj |
| 24 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 23 see | obj |
| 25 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 23 see | advmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 playing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present · progressive | Your little sister | the paddling pool | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | mind | present | you | sister | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | call | present | your friend | you | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | come | to-infinitive | your friend not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | see | infinitive | your friend not said here | something | inside property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: What should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Stay and keep her in sight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 keep | cc |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sight | case |
| 6 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | her = she | sight | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in sight=Location |
Option 2
Tell her to get out and go alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 go | cc |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 7 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get out not said to happen | to-infinitive | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | alone property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Ask her to shout if she slips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 shout | mark |
| 4 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 slips | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 slips | nsubj |
| 7 | slips | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shout | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | slip a condition, not said to happen | present | she | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Go off quickly, she'll be fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Go | compound:prt |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fine | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fine | nsubj |
| 6 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | future | she | fine property | tree rules |
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