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Test 8 · What really happens to things you swallow

A boy collapses shaking at the park and an older kid yells, "Grab his tongue or he'll swallow it!" What should happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, older kid · What happens: collapse, shake, yell, grab, swallow, happen · To what, where: tongue · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths 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

Sentence 1: A boy collapses shaking at the park and an older kid yells, "Grab his tongue or he'll swallow it!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collapses	nsubj
3	collapses	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	shaking	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 collapses	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 park	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 park	det
7	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shaking	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 yells	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kid	det
10	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 kid	amod
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 yells	nsubj
12	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 collapses	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Grab	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 Grab	punct
15	Grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 yells	ccomp
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 tongue	nmod:poss
17	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Grab	obj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 swallow	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 swallow	nsubj
20	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 swallow	aux
21	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 Grab	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 swallow	obj
23	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 Grab	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 collapses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	present	a boy						tree rules
2	shake	gerund	a boy not said here					at the park	vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at park=Stimulus
3	yell speech: express	present	a older kid						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	grab in a quote	infinitive		kid's tongue					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
5	swallow in a quote	future	boy	tongue					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: What should happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	should							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pour water into his mouth to wake him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wake	mark
7	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pour	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	imperative	you not said here	water		his mouth			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into mouth=Destination
2	wake	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Hold his tongue firmly with your fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tongue	nmod:poss
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fingers	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fingers	nmod:poss
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	his tongue				with your fingers; firmly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Keep him away from hard things, put nothing in his mouth, get help

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 things	case
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 put	punct
8	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 put	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 mouth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mouth	nmod:poss
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
14	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here		him = he	hard things		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from thing=Eventuality
2	put	infinitive	you not said here	nothing		his mouth			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme in mouth=Destination
3	get	infinitive	you not said here	help					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus

Option 4

Push a stick between his teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stick	det
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 teeth	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teeth	nmod:poss
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	a stick		his teeth			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme between tooth=Destination

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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