Test 10 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

dad's like lift that box, with ur legs not ur back. how

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be

This is test 10 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» 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	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lift	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lift	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 lift	case
4	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lift	nmod:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 legs	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lift	conj
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 back	advmod
12	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 back	nmod:poss
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legs	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lift	punct
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 lift	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	dad					like lift and ur's legs ur's back; that box nmod:unmarked	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 · ← Mova's choice

Bend over with straight legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADV	_	1 Bend	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 legs	amod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend over	imperative	you not said here					with straight legs; over property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bend your knees, keep your back straight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 knees	nmod:poss
3	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bend	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Bend	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	imperative	you not said here	your knees					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent knee=Material
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	your back				straight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme

Option 3

Hold it far out in front of you with both arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 out	advmod
4	out	out	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 front	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 arms	case
10	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 arms	det
11	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		front of you		with both arms; out property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Location

Option 4

Twist round as you lift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	round	round	ADV	_	5 lift	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 lift	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 lift	nsubj
5	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Twist	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present	you	Twist not said here				round property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twist=Theme

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