Test 8 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

wasp on ur sandwich, everyone screaming. what's the move

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: move · What happens: scream, be

This is test 8 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 what	compound
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 sandwich	case
3	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sandwich	nmod:poss
4	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wasp	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 everyone	punct
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 wasp	conj
7	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 everyone	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 wasp	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 move	det
12	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 what	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the move						tree rules

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

Scream and wave your arms about until it goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wave	cc
3	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Scream	conj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wave	obj
6	about	about	ADV	_	3 wave	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 goes	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	imperative	you not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	infinitive	you not said here	your arms	about property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
3	go	present	it			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Slap it hard with your hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slap	slap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Slap	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Slap	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	imperative	you not said here	it				with your hand; hard property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hand=Instrument

Option 3

Blow on it till it flies off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Blow	obl
4	till	till	SCONJ	_	6 flies	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 flies	nsubj
6	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Blow	advcl
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 flies	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	imperative	you not said here			it			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	fly off	present	it						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stay calm and slowly move the food away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 move	cc
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move away	present	you not said here	the food				away, slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme

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