Test 11 · ★ · When the police come
Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, see · To what, where: Community officer, fight
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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: Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community | community | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 officer | compound |
| 2 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 officer | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| 5 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 do | obj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 officer | appos |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 see | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 see | nsubj |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | advcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 fight | det |
| 13 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | should | you | Community officer | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | a fight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fight=Stimulus |
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 answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Throw something at them to stop 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 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 them | case |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | something | at them = they | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent something=Theme at they=Destination | |||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 2
Jump straight in between them and split them up yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Jump | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 split | cc |
| 7 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 split | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 split | compound:prt |
| 10 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 split | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | in them = they; straight property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | split up | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | yourself obl | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Keep away, get an adult or call 999 if someone's hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 call | cc |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | conj |
| 9 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 call | obj |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 hurt | mark |
| 11 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 hurt | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 someone | case |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 call | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | call | infinitive | you not said here | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | hurt a condition, not said to happen | participle | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Cheer for the smaller one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 one | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cheer | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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