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Test 7 · ★ · When the police come

Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». What's he trying to do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: police, phone · What happens: go, try, do

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 police	punct
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gone	nsubj
5	again	again	ADV	_	10 gone	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gone	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 phone	det
8	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gone	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gone	aux
10	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Dad	appos
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 month	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 month	det
13	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gone	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present · passive	police				again; month		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 he trying to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 trying	obj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trying	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trying	nsubj
4	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trying	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 trying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	phone						tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	phone not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Punish her for nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Punish	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 nothing	case
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Punish	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	imperative	you not said here	her = she		all		for nothing	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for nothing=Theme

Option 2

Stop her going out with friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stop	obj
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 going	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 friends	case
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	her = she					tree rules
2	go out	gerund	you not said here					with friends; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with friend=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Make sure Maddie stays out of fights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Make	xcomp
3	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stays	nsubj
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	parataxis
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 fights	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fights	case
7	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here					sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	stay out	present	Maddie	fights					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme fight=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Get himself a new phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Get	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 phone	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 phone	amod
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	himself = he					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary phone=Theme

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