Test 17 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

little sis wants to let go of my hand by the road

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sis · What happens: want, let, go

This is test 17 · ★ 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	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sis	amod
2	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 let	mark
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	present	little sis		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	let not said to happen	to-infinitive	little sis not said here		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	little sis not said here	of my hand; by the road	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of hand=Initial_Location

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 her coat instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 coat	nmod:poss
3	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod

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

Option 2

Let her run 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 corner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corner	det
6	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	her = she					tree rules
2	run	infinitive	her = she not said here					to the corner result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to corner=Result

Option 3

Let her walk ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	her = she					tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	her = she not said here					ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Keep holding her hand on the side away from cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holding	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holding	obl
8	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 cars	case
10	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here			cars		away property	tree rules
2	hold	gerund	you not said here	her hand		the side			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on side=Location

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