Test 14 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

he's in my face shouting, wanna shove him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, face · What happens: be, shout, shove · To what, where: face, him

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 face	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 face	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 face	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 face	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shove	punct
8	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 shove	dep
9	shove	shove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 face	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is	present	he		my face	tree rules
2	shout speech: express	gerund	my face not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shove	infinitive	he not said here	him = he		vn throw-17.1-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shout even louder than him so he backs off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	even	even	ADV	_	3 louder	advmod
3	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Shout	parataxis
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 louder	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 backs	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 backs	nsubj
8	backs	back	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 backs	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	back off	present	he						vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shove him first before he does it to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shove	shove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shove	obj
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Shove	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 does	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shove	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 does	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 does	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	imperative	you not said here	him = he				first property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	do	present	he	it	you				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Step back and get an adult to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Step	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 get	cc
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Step	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 help	mark
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	step back	imperative	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	infinitive	you not said here	a adult	tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	a adult not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Grab his shirt to stop him from shoving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shirt	nmod:poss
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Grab	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stop	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 shoving	mark
8	shoving	shove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	his shirt	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme
2	stop	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality
3	shove	gerund	you not said here		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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