Test 6 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales

little girl's knocked off her scooter, crying, big lad legging it. ur 9. what's the move

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little girl, big lad · What happens: knock off, cry, leg, be · To what, where: scooter, lad, move

This is test 6 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 girl	amod
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	's	's	PART	_	2 girl	case
4	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 girl	acl
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 scooter	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 scooter	nmod:poss
7	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crying	punct
9	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 girl	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lad	punct
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lad	amod
12	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	conj
13	legging	leg	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 lad	acl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 legging	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 girl	punct
16	ur	ur	ADV	_	17 9	advmod
17	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 girl	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 girl	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 move	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 move	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 move	det
22	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	knock off	participle	little girl 9 and big lad not said here	her scooter	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scooter=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	leg	gerund	big lad not said here	lad	tree rules
4	is a	present	little girl 9 and big lad	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

Chase the big lad down the street and tackle him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lad	amod
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chase	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 street	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 street	det
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chase	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tackle	cc
9	tackle	tackle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Chase	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tackle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	imperative	you not said here	the big lad		the street			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lad=Theme down street=Trajectory
2	tackle	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

Film it on your phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Film	film	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Film	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 phone	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 phone	nmod:poss
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Film	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	imperative	you not said here	it		your phone			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on phone=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Get the nearest adult, like the shopkeeper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shopkeeper	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 shopkeeper	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shopkeeper	det
8	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	the nearest adult					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus

Option 4

Walk on, she'll be OK

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 OK	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 OK	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 OK	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 OK	cop
7	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Walk	conj

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

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