Test 8 · ★ · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

Mr Pryce: «Jake, why are you in my doorway with your fists clenched?» Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, clench · To what, where: doorway, fists

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» 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: Mr Pryce: «Jake, why are you in my doorway with your fists clenched?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pryce	flat
2	Pryce	Pryce	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 Pryce	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Jake	punct
5	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pryce	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 doorway	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 doorway	advmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 doorway	cop
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 doorway	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 doorway	case
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 doorway	nmod:poss
12	doorway	doorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pryce	appos
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 fists	case
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 fists	nmod:poss
15	fists	fist	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 doorway	nmod
16	clenched	clench	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 fists	acl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Pryce	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Pryce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you			my doorway		with your fists	tree rules
2	clench in a quote	participle		your fists not said here					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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 answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

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

«I wanted to hit him, so I came to tell you»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hit	mark
5	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hit	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 came	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 tell	mark
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 came	xcomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 tell	iobj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	want in a quote	past	I			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hit not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	him = he		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
3	come in a quote	past	I			tree rules
4	tell speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 2

«Waiting to hit him after school»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Waiting	punct
2	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hit	mark
4	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Waiting	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hit	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Waiting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait in a quote	gerund							tree rules
2	hit in a quote	to-infinitive		him = he			after school		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Option 3

«I'm practising my boxing for the club on Saturday»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 practising	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 practising	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 practising	aux
4	practising	practise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 boxing	nmod:poss
6	boxing	boxing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 practising	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 club	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 club	det
9	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 practising	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Saturday	case
11	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 club	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 practising	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise in a quote	present · progressive	I	my boxing				for the club on Saturday	tree rules
2	box in a quote		my						nom boxing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

«Nothing, sir, I'm just standing here»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Nothing	punct
2	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 standing	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sir	punct
4	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Nothing	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Nothing	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 standing	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 standing	aux
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 standing	advmod
9	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 standing	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 standing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand in a quote	present · progressive	Nothing			here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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