Test 3 · Walking away
Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two big lads · What happens: follow, get · To what, where: you, high street
This is test 3 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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: Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 lads | nummod |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lads | amod |
| 3 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 getting | nsubj |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 lads | acl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 following | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 mate | cc |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mate | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 you | conj |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 12 street | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 street | det |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 street | amod |
| 12 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 following | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 lads | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 getting | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 getting | aux |
| 16 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 17 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 getting | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 getting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | Two big lads not said here | you | the high street | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme down street=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | get | present · progressive | Two big lads | dark property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Stop and ask them straight out what their problem is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 ask | cc |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | iobj |
| 5 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 6 out | advmod |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 ask | advmod |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 ask | ccomp |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 problem | nmod:poss |
| 9 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 what | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 what | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | out property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | |||
| 3 | is a | present | their problem | tree rules |
Option 2
Run down the nearest empty alley
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Run | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 alley | det |
| 4 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 alley | amod |
| 5 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 alley | amod |
| 6 | alley | alley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run down | imperative | you not said here | the nearest empty alley | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme alley=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Walk calmly into a busy shop and tell the adult there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 shop | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shop | det |
| 5 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shop | amod |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walk | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tell | cc |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 adult | det |
| 10 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| 11 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | into a busy shop result; calmly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into shop=Result | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the adult | there | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
Option 4
Split up so one of you escapes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Split | split | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Split | compound:prt |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 escapes | mark |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 escapes | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 you | case |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 one | nmod |
| 7 | escapes | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Split | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split up | imperative | you not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | escape | present | one of you | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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