Test 15 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

my back hurts after moving the boxes, its not bad tho

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: back · What happens: hurt, move · To what, where: boxes

This is test 15 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 back	nmod:poss
2	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurts	nsubj
3	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 moving	mark
5	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hurts	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boxes	det
7	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 moving	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tho	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tho	nmod:poss
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 bad	advmod
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tho	amod
12	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	my back						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	move	gerund	my back not said here	the boxes				back's bad tho obl	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent box=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

Lift the heavier ones to stretch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ones	det
3	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lift	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stretch	mark
6	stretch	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lift	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stretch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	imperative	you not said here	the heavier ones					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	stretch	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Keep going so you finish sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 finish	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 finish	nsubj
5	finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
6	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 finish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	finish	present	you	soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stop lifting and tell an adult about the pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 pain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pain	det
9	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	lift	gerund	you not said here			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a adult	about the pain	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about pain=Topic

Option 4

Ignore it, pain always means you are getting stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 means	advmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ignore	parataxis
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 getting	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 getting	aux
9	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 means	ccomp
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	it		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	mean	present	pain		always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	present · progressive	you		strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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