Test 15 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

running round the campfire playing tag

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: run, play · To what, where: campfire, tag

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	4 campfire	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 campfire	det
4	campfire	campfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 running	obl
5	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 running	conj
6	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				the campfire			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round campfire=Trajectory
2	play	gerund		tag					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=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

Run faster, then the sparks can't catch you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Run	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 catch	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 catch	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sparks	det
6	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 catch	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 catch	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 catch	advmod
9	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not catch	can	the sparks	you			then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

Run if the fire is small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 small	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 small	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 small	cop
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the fire					small property	tree rules

Option 3

Run only on one side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 side	nummod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			one side			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stop, walk and stay three big steps away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 walk	punct
3	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stay	cc
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 steps	nummod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 steps	amod
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 away	obl:unmarked
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stay	infinitive	you not said here	away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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