Test 3 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

Which is the safest way for a child to hold a newborn?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, hold · To what, where: safest way, newborn

This is test 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hold	mark
10	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 newborn	det
12	newborn	newborn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the safest way				for a child	tree rules
2	hold	to-infinitive		a newborn					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newborn=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.

The options

Option 1

Carrying it around the house all day to show it lots of interesting things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Carrying	obj
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carrying	obl
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carrying	obl:unmarked
8	to	to	PART	_	9 show	mark
9	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Carrying	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 show	obj
11	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 show	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 things	case
13	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		it		the house	day		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive		house					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient lot=Topic

Option 2

Standing up and gently swinging it to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Standing	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 swinging	cc
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	5 swinging	advmod
5	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Standing	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swinging	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sleep	mark
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 swinging	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stand up	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swing	gerund	it	gently property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	sleep	to-infinitive			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sitting down, with an adult nearby, one hand under the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Sitting	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 adult	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 adult	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	6 adult	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hand	punct
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hand	nummod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	gerund		one hand		the head		with a adult; down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under head=Location

Option 4

Lying on the floor and holding it above you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 floor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 holding	cc
6	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Lying	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 holding	obj
8	above	above	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund				the floor			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location
2	hold	gerund		floor				above you	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme above you=Location

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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