Test 15 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

running with a lolly in my mouth

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: run

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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	with	with	ADP	_	4 lolly	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lolly	det
4	lolly	lolly	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 running	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lolly	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund						with a lolly in my mouth	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with lolly=Material

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

Run slower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slower	slow	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					slow property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stop and eat it standing still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 eat	cc
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eat	obj
5	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 eat	advcl
6	still	still	ADV	_	5 standing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	eat	infinitive	you not said here	it		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	stand	gerund	you not said here		still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Keep your mouth shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mouth	nmod:poss
3	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	your mouth				shut property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme

Option 4

Hold the stick tighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stick	det
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hold	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the stick				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=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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