Test 13 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals

cows comin at us cos of the dog!! what do i do

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: do · To what, where: cows comin

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comin	compound
2	comin	comin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 cos	case
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 cos	compound
5	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comin	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cos	nmod
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	2 comin	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 do	obj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 comin	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	i	cows comin at us cos of the dog					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 · ← Mova's choice

Shout and wave your arms at all the cows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wave	cc
3	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wave	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 cows	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 cows	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cows	det
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wave	obl

#	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	wave	infinitive	you not said here	your arms				at all cows	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 2

Hold the dog tight and stand very still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stand	cc
6	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 still	advmod
8	still	still	ADV	_	6 stand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the dog				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	stand	present	you not said here				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Let go of the lead and get to safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 lead	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lead	det
5	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 get	cc
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 safety	case
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	you not said here	of the lead	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of lead=Initial_Location
3	get	infinitive	you not said here	to safety result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to safety=Result

Option 4

Pick the dog up and run straight at them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 run	cc
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 run	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	the dog					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic
2	run	present	you not said here					at them = they; straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Trajectory

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