Test 10 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

can i hold the baby, ill stand up n walk around w her

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: hold, stand up · To what, where: baby, n walk

This is test 10 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hold	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hold	nsubj
3	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hold	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ill	punct
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stand	advcl
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hold	parataxis
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 stand	compound:prt
10	n	n	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 walk	amod
11	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obj
12	around	around	ADP	_	14 her	case
13	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 walk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	can	i	the baby					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
2	stand up	present		n walk				around her = she	tree rules

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

Hold her by the arms like a toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 arms	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arms	det
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 toy	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toy	det
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	her = she				by the arms; like a toy	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by arm=Location

Option 2

Hold her up high above your head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
4	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	advmod
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	imperative	you not said here	her = she		your head		high property	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

Option 3

Yes, walk around the room with her quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 walk	punct
3	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 walk	obl
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the room		with her = she; quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around room=Trajectory

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

Sit down, ask an adult and support her head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Sit	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 support	cc
8	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 support	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	sit down	imperative	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		a adult	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	support	infinitive	you not said here	adult's head		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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