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Test 3 · How to say stop

Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. What's the move that keeps her out of trouble?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, boy, move · What happens: fist, poke, be, keep · To what, where: boy, arm, Maddie, trouble

This is test 3 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

Sentence 1: Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fists	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Maddie	punct
3	fists	fist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fists	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 boy	punct
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fists	obl
7	poking	poke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 boy	acl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 arm	nmod:poss
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poking	obj
10	again	again	ADV	_	7 poking	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fists	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fist	present	Maddie	boy				ready property	tree rules
2	poke	gerund	boy not said here	Maddie's arm			again		vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=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 move that keeps her out of trouble?

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	4 move	det
4	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 move	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keeps	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the move						tree rules
2	keep	present	the move	Maddie		trouble			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out trouble=Location

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Kick his bag across the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bag	nmod:poss
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kick	obj
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 yard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 yard	det
6	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	imperative	you not said here	his bag				across the yard	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bag=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Say «stop» loud and clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stop	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 clear	cc
7	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loud	conj

#	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
2	stop in a quote	infinitive	you not said here					loud property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Poke him back twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Poke	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Poke	advmod
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Poke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke back	imperative	you not said here	him = he				twice property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument

Option 4

Shove him into the bushes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shove	shove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shove	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 bushes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bushes	det
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the bushes			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bush=Destination

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