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Test 9 · ★ · When the police come

Sam's hands are shaking when the officer asks him questions. What helps most?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hands, officer · What happens: shake, ask, help · To what, where: questions, Sam

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Sam's hands are shaking when the officer asks him questions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hands	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sam	case
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shaking	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shaking	aux
5	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 asks	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 officer	det
8	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asks	nsubj
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shaking	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asks	obj
11	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 asks	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	present · progressive	Sam's hands						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	present	the officer	questions	Sam				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: What helps most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 helps	advmod
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Say his friend saw it instead of him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 friend	compound
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	8 him	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	his Say friend	it				instead him = he	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Breathe, go slowly, and say only what he really saw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 go	punct
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Breathe	conj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 say	cc
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Breathe	conj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 what	advmod
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 saw	advmod
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	imperative	you not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	infinitive	you not said here					slowly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
4	see	past	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Say whatever he thinks the officer wants to hear from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 thinks	obj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 officer	det
6	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thinks	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hear	mark
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wants	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	he	whatever					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent whatever=Attribute clause=Theme
3	want	present	the officer						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	the officer not said here					from officer	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source

Option 4

Say he forgot everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 forgot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forget	past	he	everything					tree rules

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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