Test 12 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

someones grabbing my arm at the park what do i do

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: someones, i · What happens: grab, do · To what, where: arm, park, someones

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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	someones	someone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	grabbing	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 someones	acl
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arm	nmod:poss
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbing	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 park	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 park	det
7	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbing	obl
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 do	obj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 do	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 do	nsubj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 someones	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	gerund	someones not said here	my arm		the park			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	do	present · do-support	i	someones					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Wait politely until he lets go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	politely	politely	ADV	_	1 Wait	advmod
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 lets	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lets	nsubj
5	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	politely property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	present	he		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	he not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Go with him and tell later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tell	cc
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					with him = he	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here					late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Stay quiet so you do not upset him or make him cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 upset	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 upset	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 upset	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 upset	advmod
7	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stay	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 upset	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 make	cc
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 upset	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here		quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not upset	present · do-support	you	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	make	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
4	cross	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yell, pull away, run to people and tell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yell	yell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pull	punct
3	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Yell	conj
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 pull	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 run	punct
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Yell	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 run	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
10	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Yell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	imperative	you not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pull away	infinitive	you not said here	away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	infinitive	you not said here	to people result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to people=Result
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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