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Test 10 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

Lily won't walk down the street for a week because of the «locking jaw» story. What helps most?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily · What happens: not walk down, lock, help · To what, where: street

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes you» 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: Lily won't walk down the street for a week because of the «locking jaw» story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 walk	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 walk	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 walk	advmod
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 street	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 street	det
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 week	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 week	det
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
11	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	18 story	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 because	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 story	det
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 jaw	punct
15	locking	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 jaw	amod
16	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 story	compound
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 jaw	punct
18	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not walk down	future	Lily	the street			week	because the jaw story	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme street=Trajectory
2	lock in a quote	gerund							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 helps most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 helps	advmod
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Believing everything big brothers say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believing	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 brothers	amod
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 brothers	compound
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brothers	amod
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	gerund							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	present	Believing everything big brothers						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Testing it on Tank herself, from just behind the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Testing	test	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Testing	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 Tank	case
4	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Testing	obl
5	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Testing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gate	punct
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 gate	case
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 gate	advmod
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Testing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	gerund		it		Tank		from the gate; Tank obl	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Checking the story with a grown-up and keeping a safe distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Checking	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 grown	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grown	det
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Checking	ccomp
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 grown	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keeping	cc
10	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Checking	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 distance	det
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 distance	amod
13	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keeping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	gerund		the story					tree rules
2	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	gerund		a safe distance					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Theme

Option 4

Never leaving the house again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 leaving	advmod
2	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaving	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	2 leaving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	gerund		the house			again		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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