Test 10 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

toddler's gone really quiet in the next room

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toddler · What happens: be · To what, where: next room

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gone	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	cop
3	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 quiet	advmod
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gone	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 room	amod
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	toddler			the next room		gone, quiet 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

Good, it means he's playing nicely by himself for once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 playing	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 playing	aux
7	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 means	ccomp
8	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	7 playing	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 himself	case
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 playing	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	play	present · progressive	he					by himself = he; nicely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for once=Eventuality

Option 2

Wait till he makes a noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	till	till	SCONJ	_	4 makes	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 noise	det
6	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present	he	a noise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Leave him, he'll call if he needs you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 call	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 call	aux
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	parataxis
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 needs	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needs	nsubj
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 call	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	him = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	call	future	he		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	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 4 · ✓ the right answer

Go and check, quiet toddlers are often in trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 check	cc
3	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 trouble	punct
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 toddlers	amod
6	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 trouble	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trouble	cop
8	often	often	ADV	_	10 trouble	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	infinitive	you not said here			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	quiet toddlers	trouble	often property	tree rules

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