Test 15 · ★ · Facing fears

scared of the doctor so i'm hiding that my arm hurts loads

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, arm · What happens: hide, hurt · To what, where: scared, loads

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hiding	obl
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 doctor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doctor	det
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 scared	obl
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 hiding	advmod
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hiding	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hiding	aux
8	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 hurts	mark
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 arm	nmod:poss
11	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hurts	nsubj
12	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hiding	ccomp
13	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · progressive	i	scared					tree rules
2	hurt	present	my arm	loads					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Patient

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

Hide it until it stops, doctors only make things hurt more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hide	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 stops	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
7	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 make	advmod
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	parataxis
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	it	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	stop	present	it		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	make	present	doctors	things	tree rules
4	hurt	infinitive	things not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Use the other arm forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arm	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 arm	amod
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the other arm				forever property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 3

Only tell if it falls off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 falls	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 falls	nsubj
5	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	ccomp
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 falls	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall off a condition, not said to happen	present	it						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a parent anyway, hiding it can make it worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hiding	punct
6	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 make	csubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hiding	obj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a parent	anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	hide	gerund		parent			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	make	can	hiding	parent		bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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