Test 14 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

dad wants me to carry the telly to the car by myself

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, me · What happens: want, carry · To what, where: me, telly, car

This is test 14 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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 telly	det
7	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 car	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 car	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 myself	case
12	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	dad	me					tree rules
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	me not said here	the telly		the car		by myself	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent telly=Theme to car=Destination

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

Lift it fast with a straight back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lift	obj
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Lift	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 back	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 back	det
6	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 back	amod
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	imperative	you not said here	it				with a straight back; fast property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Carry it on your head to balance it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Carry	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 balance	mark
7	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Carry	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 balance	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	it		your head			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	balance	to-infinitive	you not said here	head					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

Drag it across the floor on your own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drag	drag	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drag	obj
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drag	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Drag	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	imperative	you not said here	it		the floor		on your own	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ask for help, it is too heavy to lift alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 help	case
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heavy	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heavy	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 heavy	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 heavy	advmod
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 lift	mark
10	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 heavy	xcomp
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 lift	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it	heavy property	tree rules
3	lift	to-infinitive		alone property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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