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Test 3 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?

«some kid grabbed my arm and wouldn't let go so i yanked free and legged it to sir». Good move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, i · What happens: grab, not let, go, yank, leg, sir · To what, where: arm

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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: «some kid grabbed my arm and wouldn't let go so i yanked free and legged it to sir».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 arm	nmod:poss
6	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 let	cc
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 let	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 let	advmod
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grabbed	conj
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 yanked	advmod
13	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 yanked	nsubj
14	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	advcl
15	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 yanked	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 legged	cc
17	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 yanked	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 legged	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 sir	mark
20	sir	sir	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 legged	xcomp
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 sir	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab in a quote	past	some kid	my arm					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	not let in a quote	would	some kid not said here						tree rules
3	go in a quote	infinitive	some kid not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	yank in a quote	past	i					free property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
5	leg in a quote	past	i not said here	arm					tree rules
6	sir in a quote	to-infinitive	i not said here						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.

Sentence 2: Good move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, getting free and getting help is self-defence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 defence	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 defence	csubj
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 getting	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 getting	cc
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 getting	conj
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 defence	cop
9	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 defence	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 self	punct
11	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund						free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	get	gerund		help					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus
3	is a	present	getting	self defence					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, but only if you hit him too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hit	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 hit	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 hit	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hit	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hit	nsubj
7	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hit	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	7 hit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	present	you	him = he					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Option 3

No, you should have stayed there and argued it out with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stayed	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stayed	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 stayed	aux
6	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 stayed	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 argued	cc
9	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stayed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 argued	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 argued	compound:prt
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 argued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	should · perfect	you			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	argue out speech: disagree	past	you not said here	it				with him = he	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Topic with he=Co-Agent

Option 4

No, you should have hit him first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hit	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hit	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 hit	aux
6	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hit	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 hit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	should · perfect	you	him = he				first property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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