Test 4 · ★★ · Copying game moves on a little brother

«grab's harmless, watch» — and the cousin's crying. What now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: watch, cry

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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: «grab's harmless, watch» — and the cousin's crying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 harmless	punct
2	grab	grab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harmless	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 grab	case
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 watch	punct
6	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	parataxis
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 harmless	punct
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 harmless	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crying	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cousin	det
11	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crying	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 cousin	case
13	crying	crying	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 —	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 harmless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch in a quote	infinitive							vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	cry		the cousin						nom crying «act transitive»: poss=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: What now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 What	advmod
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her to stop being such a baby about a little knock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 such	cop
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 baby	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 knock	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 knock	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 knock	amod
12	knock	knock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	such baby				about a little knock	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality baby=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stop at once, check she's ok and get an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Stop	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 check	punct
5	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ok	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ok	cop
8	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 check	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
2	check	infinitive	you not said here			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	she		ok property	tree rules
4	get	infinitive	you not said here	a adult		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus

Option 3

Do it again but softer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	again	again	ADV	_	1 Do	advmod
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 softer	cc
5	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Do	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it			again		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

Leave before anyone notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	before	before	SCONJ	_	4 notices	mark
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 notices	nsubj
4	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	notice	present	anyone						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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