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Test 9 · How to say stop

Pillow fight, your little cousin yells «STOP» but he's giggling. Best move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little cousin, cousin · What happens: yell, stop, giggle · To what, where: Pillow fight · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Pillow fight, your little cousin yells «STOP» but he's giggling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fight	compound
2	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yells	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 fight	punct
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cousin	nmod:poss
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cousin	amod
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yells	nsubj
7	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 STOP	punct
9	STOP	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 yells	ccomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 STOP	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 giggling	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 giggling	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 giggling	aux
14	giggling	giggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 yells	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 yells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	present	your little cousin	Pillow fight					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop in a quote	infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	giggle	present · progressive	cousin						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 move	amod
2	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stop and ask if he wants to keep going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 ask	cc
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 wants	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
9	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want a condition, not said to happen	present	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here						tree rules
5	go	gerund	he not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Keep going, he's laughing, so he likes it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 laughing	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laughing	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 laughing	aux
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 going	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 likes	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 likes	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 likes	nsubj
10	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	laugh	present · progressive	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	like	present	he	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

Pin him down for a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pin	pin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pin	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 Pin	compound:prt
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 joke	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pin down	imperative	you not said here	him = he				for a joke	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

Stop only when he cries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	1 Stop	advmod
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 cries	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cries	nsubj
5	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express	present	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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