Test 10 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

we moving to Perth, never been, scared

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: move, not be · To what, where: Perth

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 moving	nsubj
2	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Perth	case
4	Perth	Perth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 moving	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 scared	punct
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 scared	advmod
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 scared	cop
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 been	punct
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 moving	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund	we		Perth				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to perth=Result
2	not is	participle	we not said here					scared property	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

Refuse to go and stay behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 go	mark
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stay	cc
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj
6	behind	behind	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not go	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stay	infinitive	you not said here	behind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Pack nothing at all and hope the move gets cancelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pack	pack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Pack	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 nothing	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hope	cc
6	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pack	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 move	det
8	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cancelled	nsubj:pass
9	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cancelled	aux:pass
10	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hope	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pack	imperative	you not said here	nothing	all	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Destination
2	hope	present	you not said here			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	cancel	present · passive		the move		tree rules

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

Ask questions and look at pictures of the new place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 look	cc
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 pictures	case
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 place	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 place	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 place	amod
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pictures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	questions					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
2	look	infinitive	you not said here					at pictures of the new place	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=Theme

Option 4

Try not to think about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 think	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 think	mark
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Try	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not think speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					about it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

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