Test 2 · ★ · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…

A lad at the park yells: «he's shaking on the ground, grab his arms and hold him still!» What's right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lad · What happens: yell, shake, grab, hold, be · To what, where: ground, arms, lad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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: A lad at the park yells: «he's shaking on the ground, grab his arms and hold him still!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lad	det
2	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yells	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lad	nmod
6	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 shaking	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 shaking	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 shaking	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 shaking	aux
11	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 yells	ccomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 ground	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ground	det
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shaking	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grab	punct
16	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 shaking	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 arms	nmod:poss
18	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 grab	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 hold	cc
20	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 grab	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hold	obj
22	still	still	ADV	_	20 hold	advmod
23	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 shaking	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 yells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	yell speech: express	present	a lad at the park				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shake in a quote	present · progressive	lad		the ground		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location
3	grab in a quote	infinitive	lad not said here	lad's arms			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
4	hold in a quote	present	lad not said here	lad		still	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Don't hold him; move hard things away and get a grown-up

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 hold	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 hold	advmod
3	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hold	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 move	punct
6	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 hold	parataxis
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 move	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 move	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 move	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 up	det
13	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 up	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 up	punct
15	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not hold	imperative · do-support	you not said here	him = he		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	move away	infinitive		hard things	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	get	infinitive		a grown up		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer up=Stimulus
4	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Hold his arms tight until the shaking stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arms	nmod:poss
3	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obj
4	tight	tight	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 stops	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shaking	det
7	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	his arms				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	stop	present	the shaking						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Put a spoon in his mouth so he can't bite his tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spoon	det
3	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouth	nmod:poss
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 bite	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bite	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 bite	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 bite	advmod
11	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tongue	nmod:poss
13	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bite	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a spoon		his mouth			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spoon=Theme in mouth=Destination
2	not bite	can	he	his tongue					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient

Option 4

Throw cold water on his face to wake him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 face	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 wake	mark
8	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wake	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	cold water		his face			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on face=Destination
2	wake up	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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