Test 1 · How to say stop

«oi stop flicking my ear» — he does it again. what next?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi, he · What happens: stop, flick, do · To what, where: ear

This is test 1 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
2	oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flicking	flick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ear	nmod:poss
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flicking	obj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 does	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 does	nsubj
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 does	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	10 does	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 stop	parataxis
15	next	next	ADV	_	14 what	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stop in a quote	present	oi			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	flick in a quote	gerund	oi not said here	my ear		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
3	do	present	he	ear	again	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pretend it doesn't hurt one bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hurt	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hurt	advmod
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	ccomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 bit	nummod
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not hurt	present · do-support	it	one bit					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Let him, he'll get bored soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	parataxis
7	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	get	future	he					bored, soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Move away and tell a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Move	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Move	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 4

Flick him back, but a lot harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flick	flick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Flick	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Flick	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 harder	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 harder	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 harder	obl:unmarked
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Flick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick back	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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