Test 1 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents A boy in Florida babysits his sister in the garden while his mum takes a quick call. His friend calls him to the street. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, mum, friend · What happens: babysit, take, call, do · To what, where: sister, garden, quick call, boy, street · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 95 «A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents» 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 Sentence 1: A boy in Florida babysits his sister in the garden while his mum takes a quick call.
det nsubj case nmod nmod:poss obj case det obl mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl det amod obj punct root A DET boy NOUN in ADP Florida PROPN babysits VERB his PRON sister NOUN in ADP the DET garden NOUN while SCONJ his PRON mum NOUN takes VERB a DET quick ADJ call NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 babysits nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Florida case 4 Florida Florida PROPN Number=Sing 2 boy nmod 5 babysits babysit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 sister nmod:poss 7 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 5 babysits obj 8 in in ADP _ 10 garden case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 garden det 10 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 5 babysits obl 11 while while SCONJ _ 14 takes mark 12 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 mum nmod:poss 13 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 14 takes nsubj 14 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 babysits advcl 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 call det 16 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 17 call amod 17 call call NOUN Number=Sing 14 takes obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 babysits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 babysit present a boy in Florida boy's sister the garden vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Beneficiary 2 take present boy's mum a quick call vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=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.
Sentence 2: His friend calls him to the street.
nmod:poss nsubj obj case det obl punct root His PRON friend NOUN calls VERB him PRON to ADP the DET street NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 calls nsubj 3 calls call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 calls obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 street case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 street det 7 street street NOUN Number=Sing 3 calls obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 calls punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 call present boy's friend boy the street vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to street=Recipient
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should friend vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Stay and keep his sister in sight
cc conj nmod:poss obj case obl root Stay VERB and CCONJ keep VERB his PRON sister NOUN in ADP sight NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 keep cc 3 keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay conj 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 sister nmod:poss 5 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 keep obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 sight case 7 sight sight NOUN Number=Sing 3 keep obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay imperative you not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 keep infinitive you not said here his sister sight vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sister=Theme in sight=Location
Option 2 Take his sister to the street with him
nmod:poss obj case det obl case obl root Take VERB his PRON sister NOUN to ADP the DET street NOUN with ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Take take VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 sister nmod:poss 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 1 Take obj 4 to to ADP _ 6 street case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 street det 6 street street NOUN Number=Sing 1 Take obl 7 with with ADP _ 8 him case 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Take obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take imperative you not said here his sister the street with him = he vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sister=Theme to street=Destination
Option 3 Go for a minute, since she is in the garden
case det obl punct mark nsubj cop case det obl root Go VERB for ADP a DET minute NOUN , PUNCT since SCONJ she PRON is AUX in ADP the DET garden NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 for for ADP _ 4 minute case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 minute det 4 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 1 Go obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 garden punct 6 since since SCONJ _ 11 garden mark 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 garden nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 garden cop 9 in in ADP _ 11 garden case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 garden det 11 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 1 Go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here minute vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present she the garden tree rules
Option 4 Shout to his mum and then run off to the street
case nmod:poss obl cc advmod conj compound:prt case det obl root Shout VERB to ADP his PRON mum NOUN and CCONJ then ADV run VERB off ADP to ADP the DET street NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shout shout VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to ADP _ 4 mum case 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 mum nmod:poss 4 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shout obl 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 run cc 6 then then ADV PronType=Dem 7 run advmod 7 run run VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Shout conj 8 off off ADP _ 7 run compound:prt 9 to to ADP _ 11 street case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 street det 11 street street NOUN Number=Sing 7 run obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express imperative you not said here his mum vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mum=Recipient 2 run off infinitive you not said here then to the street result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to street=Result
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