Test 14 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

little bro ate some of nans tablets i think

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bro, i · What happens: eat, think · To what, where: nans tablets

This is test 14 · ★ 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	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bro	amod
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 tablets	det
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 nans	case
6	nans	nan	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tablets	compound
7	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	obj
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 think	nsubj
9	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tablets	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	little bro	some nans tablets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient
2	think speech: other	present	i	some nans tablets not said here					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tablet=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

Make him sick yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Make	xcomp
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	him = he				yourself obl; sick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Call an adult and the emergency number now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 number	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	compound
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adult	conj
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here		a adult and the emergency number		now		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Wait and see if he's OK

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 OK	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 OK	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 OK	cop
7	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he	ok property	tree rules

Option 4

Give him lots of milk and say nothing to anyone

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	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Give	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 milk	case
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lots	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 say	cc
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 say	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 anyone	case
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	lots of milk	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lot=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	you not said here	nothing	anyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient

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