Test 8 · ★★ · Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help

two Year 4s scrapping, you're a big Year 6 they look up to. Best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: two Year 4s, they · What happens: scrap, be, look up · To what, where: big Year

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 393 «Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help» 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: two Year 4s scrapping, you're a big Year 6 they look up to.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 4s	nummod
2	Year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 4s	compound
3	4s	4	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	10 Year	nsubj
4	scrapping	scrap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 4s	acl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 4s	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 Year	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 Year	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Year	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Year	amod
10	Year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 Year	flat
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 look	nsubj
13	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 Year	parataxis
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 look	compound:prt
15	to	to	ADP	_	13 look	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 Year	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	scrap	gerund	two Year 4s not said here		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	two Year 4s	a big Year	tree rules
3	look up	present	they		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Best	punct

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

The options

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

Say «pack it in» calmly, and get a teacher if they keep going

The tree, 13 words

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 pack	punct
3	pack	pack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pack	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	3 pack	compound:prt
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 pack	punct
7	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	3 pack	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 teacher	det
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 keep	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	nsubj
15	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 get	advcl
16	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	pack in in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	it	calmly property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	get	infinitive		a teacher		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer teacher=Stimulus
4	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	they			tree rules
5	go	gerund	they not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Grab them both by the collar and drag them apart yourself, quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Grab	obj
3	both	both	ADV	_	1 Grab	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 collar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collar	det
6	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drag	cc
8	drag	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drag	obj
10	apart	apart	ADV	_	8 drag	advmod
11	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 drag	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 quick	punct
13	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grab	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	them = they				by the collar; both property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	drag	present	you not said here	them = they				apart property	tree rules

Option 3

Film it to show their mums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Film	film	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Film	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 show	mark
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Film	xcomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mums	nmod:poss
6	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here		their mums				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

Option 4

Pick a side and help your mate win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 side	det
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 help	cc
5	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mate	nmod:poss
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 win	nsubj
8	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 help	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here	a side	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient
2	help	infinitive	you not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	win	present	your mate		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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