Test 15 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

wanna pick up my baby bro from the cot to show my mate

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: pick up, show · To what, where: baby bro, cot, mate

This is test 15 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	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 pick	dep
2	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 pick	compound:prt
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bro	nmod:poss
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bro	compound
6	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pick	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 cot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cot	det
9	cot	cot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pick	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 show	mark
11	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pick	advcl
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mate	nmod:poss
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	my baby bro		the cot			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Topic
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here	my mate					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient

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

Yes, if you're quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 quick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					quick property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, pick him up under the arms, it's only for a minute

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 pick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pick	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 pick	compound:prt
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 arms	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 arms	det
8	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pick	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 minute	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 minute	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 minute	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 minute	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 minute	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 minute	det
15	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the arms			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
2	is	present	it					for a minute	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, only hold him sitting down with an adult there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hold	obj
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hold	xcomp
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 sitting	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 adult	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sitting	obl
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	him = he		there			tree rules
2	sit down	gerund	you not said here					with a adult; down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Carry him round the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Carry	obj
3	round	round	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	him = he				round the house	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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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