Test 17 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

my uncle's mate lifted a fridge on his own and his back went pop and he's never walked again apparently

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, back · What happens: lift, go, not be · To what, where: fridge, own, pop

This is test 17 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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 uncle	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifted	nsubj
5	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fridge	det
7	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifted	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lifted	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 back	nmod:poss
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lifted	conj
15	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 walked	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 walked	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 walked	cop
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 walked	advmod
20	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lifted	conj
21	again	again	ADV	_	20 walked	advmod
22	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	20 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	my uncle's mate	a fridge	mate's own			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fridge=Theme on own=Destination
2	go	past	mate's back	pop				vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pop=Theme
3	not is	present	back			again	apparently, walk 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 · ← Mova's choice

It proves lifting only hurts adults, never children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hurts	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 hurts	advmod
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurts	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 children	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 children	advmod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prove	present	It	children	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lift	gerund			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	present		adults	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Patient

Option 2

It must be exactly true because it is so specific

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 specific	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 specific	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 specific	cop
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 specific	advmod
10	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 true	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					exactly, true property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					specific property	tree rules

Option 3

The real lesson is that fridges should never be moved at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moved	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 moved	cop
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 moved	mark
6	fridges	fridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 moved	nsubj:pass
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 moved	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 moved	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 moved	aux:pass
10	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	should · present · passive		the real lesson		all		move property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The real lesson is to get help with heavy things; «never walked again» is likely exaggerated

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 things	case
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 walked	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 walked	punct
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 walked	advmod
14	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 exaggerated	advcl
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 walked	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 walked	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 exaggerated	aux:pass
18	likely	likely	ADV	_	19 exaggerated	advmod
19	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 get	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the real lesson		with heavy things; get property	tree rules
2	not walk in a quote	past		again		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	exaggerate	present · passive			likely property	tree rules

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