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Test 4 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales

Maddie, limping: «nah don't tell anyone, I'll be fine». Her ankle's going purple. What should a friend do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, I, friend · What happens: limp, not tell, be, go, do · To what, where: anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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: Maddie, limping: «nah don't tell anyone, I'll be fine».

nsubjpunctpunctpunctdiscourseauxadvmodparataxisobjpunctnsubjauxcopconjpunctpunctrootMaddiePROPN,PUNCTlimpingVERB:PUNCT«PUNCTnahINTJdoAUXn'tPARTtellVERBanyonePRON,PUNCTIPRON'llAUXbeAUXfineADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MaddieMaddiePROPNNumber=Sing3 limpingnsubj
2,,PUNCT_3 limpingpunct
3limpinglimpVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4::PUNCT_3 limpingpunct
5««PUNCT_9 tellpunct
6nahnahINTJ_9 telldiscourse
7dodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 tellaux
8n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 telladvmod
9telltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 limpingparataxis
10anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind9 tellobj
11,,PUNCT_15 finepunct
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs15 finensubj
13'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin15 fineaux
14bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf15 finecop
15finefineADJDegree=Pos9 tellconj
16»»PUNCT_9 tellpunct
17..PUNCT_3 limpingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1limpgerundMaddietree rules
2not tell speech: assert in a quoteinfinitive · do-supportanyonevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
3is in a quotefutureIfine propertytree 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.

Sentence 2: Her ankle's going purple.

nmod:possnmod:posscasexcomppunctrootHerPRONankleNOUN'sPARTgoingVERBpurpleADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 anklenmod:poss
2ankleankleNOUNNumber=Sing4 goingnmod:poss
3's'sPART_2 anklecase
4goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5purplepurpleADJDegree=Pos4 goingxcomp
6..PUNCT_4 goingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gogerundpurple propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What should a friend do?

objauxdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXaDETfriendNOUNdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 doaux
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 frienddet
4friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing5 donsubj
5dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshoulda friendvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Leave it, she said she's fine and to go away

objpunctnsubjparataxisnsubjcopccompccmarkconjadvmodrootLeaveVERBitPRON,PUNCTshePRONsaidVERBshePRON'sAUXfineADJandCCONJtoPARTgoVERBawayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeaveleaveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Leaveobj
3,,PUNCT_5 saidpunct
4sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 saidnsubj
5saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Leaveparataxis
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 finensubj
7'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 finecop
8finefineADJDegree=Pos5 saidccomp
9andandCCONJ_11 gocc
10totoPART_11 gomark
11gogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Leaveconj
12awayawayADV_11 goadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leaveimperativeyou not said hereitvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2say speech: assertpastshevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3ispresentshefine propertytree rules
4go awayto-infinitiveyou not said hereaway propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her to run on it so it loosens up

iobjmarkxcompcaseobladvmodnsubjadvclcompound:prtrootTellVERBherPRONtoPARTrunVERBonADPitPRONsoADVitPRONloosensVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Telliobj
3totoPART_4 runmark
4runrunVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Tellxcomp
5ononADP_6 itcase
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 runobl
7sosoADV_9 loosensadvmod
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 loosensnsubj
9loosensloosenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Telladvcl
10upupADP_9 loosenscompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereher = shevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2run not said to happento-infinitiveyou not said hereitvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory
3loosen uppresentitvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Push hard on it to see if it's really broken

advmodcaseoblmarkadvclmarknsubj:passauxadvmodccomprootPushVERBhardADVonADPitPRONtoPARTseeVERBifSCONJitPRON'sAUXreallyADVbrokenVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PushpushVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hardhardADVDegree=Pos1 Pushadvmod
3ononADP_4 itcase
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Pushobl
5totoPART_6 seemark
6seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Pushadvcl
7ififSCONJ_11 brokenmark
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 brokennsubj:pass
9'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 brokenaux
10reallyreallyADV_11 brokenadvmod
11brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 seeccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pushimperativeyou not said hereon it; hard propertyvn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on it=Theme
2seeto-infinitiveyou not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3break a condition, not said to happenpresent · passiveitvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Get an adult now, even if she's cross

detobjadvmodpunctadvmodmarknsubjcopparataxisrootGetVERBanDETadultNOUNnowADV,PUNCTevenADVifSCONJshePRON'sAUXcrossADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GetgetVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 adultdet
3adultadultNOUNNumber=Sing1 Getobj
4nownowADVPronType=Dem1 Getadvmod
5,,PUNCT_10 crosspunct
6evenevenADV_10 crossadvmod
7ififSCONJ_10 crossmark
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 crossnsubj
9'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 crosscop
10crosscrossADJDegree=Pos1 Getparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getimperativeyou not said herea adultnowvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus
2is a condition, not said to happenpresentadultcross propertytree rules

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