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Test 8 · A new baby

Kalani's cousin says, «just grab the baby by the arm, it's fine». What's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: say, grab, be · To what, where: baby · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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: Kalani's cousin says, «just grab the baby by the arm, it's fine».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kalani	Kalani	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kalani	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grab	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 grab	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 grab	advmod
8	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 baby	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 arm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 arm	det
13	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fine	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 fine	expl
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fine	cop
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 fine	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kalani's cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grab in a quote	infinitive		the baby				by the arm	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
3	is in a quote	present						fine property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Only hold babies while standing on a chair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 hold	advmod
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 standing	mark
5	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hold	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 chair	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chair	det
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	babies					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
2	stand	gerund	you not said here			a chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location

Option 2

Pick it up by one arm if you're quick about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 arm	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 arm	nummod
6	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 quick	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 quick	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 quick	cop
10	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pick	advcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 quick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	it				by one arm	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					about arm; quick property	tree rules

Option 3

Babies are tough, any way of holding is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tough	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tough	cop
3	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fine	nsubj
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 holding	mark
8	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 way	acl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tough	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Babies					tough property	tree rules
2	hold	gerund	any way not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	any way					fine property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Support the head, with a grown-up showing you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 head	det
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Support	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 showing	punct
5	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 showing	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grown	det
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 showing	nsubj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 grown	compound:prt
10	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Support	advcl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 showing	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	imperative	you not said here	the head					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus
2	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	show	gerund			you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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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