Test 14 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

baby's crying, can i give her a bit of my sweet

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: crying, baby · What happens: give, cry · To what, where: bit, her

This is test 14 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	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crying	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 baby	case
3	crying	crying	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 crying	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bit	det
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 sweet	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sweet	nmod:poss
13	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	baby's crying	a bit of my sweet	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient bit=Theme
2	cry		baby						nom crying «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Only if she stops crying for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 stops	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 stops	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stops	nsubj
4	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stops	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 minute	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 minute	det
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	she						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express	gerund	she not said here				minute		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, if you break it up into tiny bits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 break	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 break	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 break	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 break	nsubj
5	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 break	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 break	compound:prt
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 bits	case
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bits	amod
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 break	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break up	present	you	it				into tiny bits result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into bit=Result

Option 3

Yes, a small bit of sweet is fine for babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bit	amod
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fine	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sweet	case
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 babies	case
11	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a small bit of sweet					for babies; fine property	tree rules

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

No, babies can choke, get an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 choke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choke	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 choke	aux
5	choke	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 choke	conj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choke	can	babies						vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	get	infinitive	babies not said here	a adult					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus

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