Test 11 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

walking my lil bro by the busy road

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: walk · To what, where: lil bro

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bro	nmod:poss
3	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bro	amod
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 walking	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund		my lil bro				by the busy road	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bro=Theme by road=Trajectory

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

Let him walk along the kerb edge, it's like a balance game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	along	along	ADP	_	7 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
6	kerb	kerb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	compound
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 game	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 game	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 game	cop
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 game	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 game	det
13	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 game	compound
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he			tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	him = he not said here		the kerb edge		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along edge=Trajectory
3	is	present	edge			like a balance game	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hold his hand, keep him away from the traffic side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hand	nmod:poss
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 keep	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 side	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 side	compound
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	his hand					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	keep away	infinitive	you not said here		him = he	the traffic side		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from side=Eventuality

Option 3

Let him run ahead to the corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 run	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 corner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 corner	det
7	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	run	infinitive	him = he not said here					to the corner result; ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to corner=Result

Option 4

Walk behind him so you can see him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Walk	obl
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					behind him = he	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory
2	see	can	you	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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