Test 12 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

watching my cousin at the playground, mates want me on the other side

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mates · What happens: watch, want · To what, where: cousin, playground, me, other side

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 want	csubj
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 watching	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 playground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 playground	det
6	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 watching	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 want	punct
8	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 want	nsubj
9	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 want	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 want	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund		my cousin		the playground			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme
2	want	present	mates	me		the other side			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keep him in sight and call an adult if needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 sight	case
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 call	cc
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 needed	mark
10	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	him = he		sight	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sight=Location
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	need a condition, not said to happen	participle	you not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Go, he'll be fine on his own for a bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fine	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fine	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fine	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 bit	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	future	he			his own		for a bit; fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Leave him with a stranger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 stranger	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stranger	det
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here		him = he			with a stranger	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with stranger=Theme

Option 4

Tell him to stay by the gate and not move till you're back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stay	mark
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 move	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 move	advmod
10	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stay	conj
11	till	till	SCONJ	_	14 back	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 back	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 back	cop
14	back	back	ADV	_	10 move	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		by the gate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by gate=Location
3	not move	infinitive	you not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	you		back property	tree rules

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