Test 1 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

Ben's cousin says, "I'll chase you with Rex till you're not scared, sorted." What's wrong with that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, you · What happens: say, chase, not be, sort, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» of the reflection 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: Ben's cousin says, "I'll chase you with Rex till you're not scared, sorted."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ben	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chase	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 chase	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 chase	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 chase	aux
9	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 chase	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 Rex	case
12	Rex	Rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chase	obl
13	till	till	SCONJ	_	17 scared	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 scared	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 scared	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 scared	advmod
17	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chase	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sorted	punct
19	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 scared	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ben's cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	chase in a quote	future	Ben's cousin = cousin	you	with Rex	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	not is in a quote	present	you		scared property	tree rules
4	sort in a quote	participle	you not said here			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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's wrong with that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with that; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, chasing someone with a dog is the best and fastest cure for fear

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 cure	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chasing	punct
3	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Nothing	acl
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 chasing	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chasing	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cure	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cure	det
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 cure	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fastest	cc
12	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 best	conj
13	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 fear	case
15	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund		someone				with a dog	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	is a	present	Nothing	the best cure				for fear	tree rules

Option 2

Rex might get scared, which is the only problem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 get	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 problem	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 problem	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 problem	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 problem	det
9	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 problem	amod
10	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	might	Rex					scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present		the only problem					tree rules

Option 3

It would work, but only if the dog is very big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 work	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 work	aux
3	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 big	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 big	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	12 big	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 big	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 big	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 big	cop
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 big	advmod
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 work	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	would	It						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the dog					big property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Being forced makes fear worse; slow, safe steps help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 forced	aux:pass
2	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 makes	csubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
5	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 help	punct
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 steps	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 slow	punct
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 steps	amod
10	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 help	nsubj
11	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	force	gerund · passive				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»
2	make	present		fear	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fear=Product
3	help	present	slow safe steps			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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