Test 9 · ★★ · Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help

boy on the ground holding his head after falling on the kerb. What's right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: hold, fall, be · To what, where: head, kerb

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: boy on the ground holding his head after falling on the kerb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 ground	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 boy	nmod
5	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 boy	acl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obj
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 falling	mark
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 holding	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 kerb	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 kerb	det
12	kerb	kerb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 falling	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	boy on the ground not said here	boy's head					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	fall	gerund	boy on the ground not said here			the kerb			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on kerb=Location

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 right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell him to walk it off and have a drink of water, it's only a bump

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 walk	mark
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walk	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	4 walk	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 have	cc
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walk	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drink	det
10	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drink	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bump	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 bump	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 bump	cop
16	only	only	ADV	_	18 bump	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bump	det
18	bump	bump	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	walk off not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source
3	have	infinitive	you not said here	a drink of water		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient
4	is a	present	drink	a bump		tree rules

Option 2

Help him up and carry on playing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Help	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Help	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 carry	cc
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Help	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 carry	compound:prt
7	playing	playing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help up	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	carry on	infinitive	you not said here	playing					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent playing=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Get an adult straight away; head injuries can be serious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	1 Get	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 serious	punct
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 injuries	compound
8	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 serious	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 serious	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 serious	cop
11	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	a adult				away property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus
2	is	can	head injuries					serious property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Leave him, he'll be fine in a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fine	parataxis
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fine	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 minute	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 minute	det
10	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	infinitive		him = he					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	future	he				minute	fine property	tree rules

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