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Test 8 · Adults who help and adults who don't

«police on the rec?? we're nicked lol». What was the officer actually doing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: officer · What happens: nick, do · To what, where: police

This is test 8 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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: «police on the rec?? we're nicked lol».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 police	punct
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nicked	nsubj:pass
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 rec	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rec	det
5	rec	rec	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 police	nmod
6	??	??	PUNCT	_	2 police	punct
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 nicked	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 nicked	aux:pass
9	nicked	nick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 nicked	discourse
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 nicked	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick in a quote	present · passive		police on the rec					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 was the officer actually doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 doing	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 officer	det
4	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doing	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 doing	advmod
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	the officer					actually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Checking bikes for lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Checking	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 lights	case
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Checking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	gerund		bikes				for lights	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bike=Theme for light=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Arresting kids for playing football on the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arresting	arrest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Arresting	obj
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 playing	mark
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Arresting	advcl
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 grass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grass	det
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	gerund		kids					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient
2	play	gerund		football		the grass			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme

Option 3

Looking for a lost dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 dog	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dog	amod
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						for a lost dog	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for dog=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Playing football and getting to know both streets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 getting	cc
4	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Playing	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 know	mark
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 getting	xcomp
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 streets	det
8	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		football					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme
2	get	gerund							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	know	to-infinitive		both streets					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer street=Stimulus

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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