Test 16 · ★ · Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games

hammering, holding the nail right at the top

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: hammer, hold · To what, where: nail

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» 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	hammering	hammer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 holding	punct
3	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 hammering	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nail	det
5	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	9 top	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 top	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 top	det
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hammering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hammer	gerund						at the top	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at top=Patient
2	hold	gerund		the nail					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=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

Hold it with your teeth

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	with	with	ADP	_	5 teeth	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 teeth	nmod:poss
5	teeth	tooth	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				with your teeth	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Hit hard to get it over with quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hit	xcomp
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hit	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 get	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 quickly	case
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here					hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get over	to-infinitive	you not said here	it				quickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Close your eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Close	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	your eyes					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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

Hold it low and start with light taps

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	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 start	cc
5	start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 taps	case
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taps	compound
8	taps	tap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it				low property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	start	infinitive	you not said here					with light taps	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with tap=Subeventuality

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