Test 16 · ★ · Facing fears

scared of dogs, so i run whenever i see one

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: run, see · To what, where: one

This is test 16 · ★ 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	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 dogs	case
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 scared	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 run	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 scared	conj
8	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 see	advmod
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
10	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 run	advcl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	i						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	present	i	one				whenever property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

Stand still and calm, running can make a dog chase you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 calm	cc
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stand	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 make	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	xcomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 chase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here		still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	can		a dog		tree rules
4	chase	infinitive	a dog not said here	you		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

Run even faster each time so the dog can never catch up with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	even	even	ADV	_	3 faster	advmod
3	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Run	advmod
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl:unmarked
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 catch	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 catch	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 catch	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 catch	advmod
11	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 catch	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here				time	fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not catch up	can	the dog					with you	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Throw things at the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 dog	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	things				at the dog	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at dog=Destination

Option 4

Scream so it goes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	4 goes	advmod
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Scream	advcl
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go away	present	it					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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