Test 3 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up

What would happen if you told an English learner "I'll pick you up" at the airport, and they didn't know the phrasal verb?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I, they · What happens: happen, tell, pick up, not know · To what, where: English learner, airport, phrasal verb · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» of the language 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 learner	det
8	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 learner	amod
9	learner	learner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 pick	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 pick	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 pick	aux
13	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 pick	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 pick	compound:prt
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 pick	punct
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 airport	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 airport	det
19	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pick	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 know	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 know	cc
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 know	nsubj
23	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 know	aux
24	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 know	advmod
25	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happen	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 verb	det
27	phrasal	phrasal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 verb	amod
28	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 know	obj
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	you		a English learner		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent learner=Recipient
3	pick up in a quote	future	I	a English learner = learner		the airport	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic
4	not know	past · do-support	they	the phrasal verb			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer verb=Stimulus

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

They'd think you were leaving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 leaving	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 leaving	aux
6	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	They						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	leave	past · progressive	you						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They'd think you would phone them from the car park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 phone	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 phone	aux
6	phone	phone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 think	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 phone	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 park	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 park	compound
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 phone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	They						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	phone	would	you	them = they		the car park			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from park=Source

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

They might think you'll lift them in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 lift	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 lift	aux
6	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 think	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lift	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 air	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 air	det
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	might	They						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lift	future	you	them = they		the air			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in air=Destination

Option 4

They'd understand perfectly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 understand	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	aux
3	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	3 understand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	would	They					perfectly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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