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Test 4 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?

«big dog coming at us, RUN!!» What's the safer thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big dog, safer thing · What happens: come, run, be, do

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: «big dog coming at us, RUN!!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 dog	punct
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 RUN	nsubj
4	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 dog	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 us	case
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 coming	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 RUN	punct
8	RUN	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	8 RUN	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 RUN	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	gerund	big dog not said here					at us	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at we=Location
2	run in a quote	infinitive	big dog						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: What's the safer thing to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safer thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the safer thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Run away as fast as you can and don't look back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 can	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 can	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fast	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 look	cc
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 look	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 look	advmod
11	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Run	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here					away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not look back	infinitive · do-support	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stand still, arms down, call for the owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 arms	punct
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stand	conj
5	down	down	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 call	punct
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 owner	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 owner	det
10	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here				still	down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	infinitive	you not said here					for the owner	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for owner=Recipient

Option 3

Wave your arms and scream at it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arms	nmod:poss
3	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 scream	cc
5	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wave	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scream	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	imperative	you not said here	your arms					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
2	scream speech: express	infinitive	you not said here			it			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Location

Option 4

Throw your bag at it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	your bag		bag			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bag=Theme at it=Destination

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