Test 7 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted
You are minding your little cousin at the playground and she climbs too high on the frame. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, she · What happens: mind, climb, do · To what, where: little cousin, playground
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: You are minding your little cousin at the playground and she climbs too high on the frame.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 minding | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 minding | aux |
| 3 | minding | mind | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cousin | amod |
| 6 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 minding | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 playground | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 playground | det |
| 9 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 minding | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 climbs | cc |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 climbs | nsubj |
| 12 | climbs | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 minding | conj |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 high | advmod |
| 14 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 climbs | advmod |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 frame | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 frame | det |
| 17 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 high | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 minding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mind | present · progressive | You | your little cousin | the playground | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme | |||
| 2 | climb | present | she | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Look away and hope she gets down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hope | cc |
| 4 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hope | ccomp |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get down | present | she | down property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her to jump down quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 jump | mark |
| 4 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 jump | advmod |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 jump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | jump down not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | down, quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stay close and call an adult for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 call | cc |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 help | case |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | close property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | for help | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent adult=Theme for help=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Go home to fetch a game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fetch | mark |
| 4 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fetch | to-infinitive | you not said here | a game | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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