Test 8 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger Sophie's cousin from Manchester: "some fella was proper kickin' off at the bus stop." ("Kicking off" means getting angry and loud.) What should a kid do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fella, Kicking, kid · What happens: be, kick off, mean, get, do · To what, where: proper kickin, bus stop · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Sophie's cousin from Manchester: "some fella was proper kickin' off at the bus stop."
nmod:poss case case nmod punct punct det nsubj cop amod appos punct compound case det compound nmod punct punct root Sophie PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN from ADP Manchester PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT some DET fella NOUN was AUX proper ADJ kickin NOUN ' PUNCT off ADP at ADP the DET bus NOUN stop NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Sophie case 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 from from ADP _ 5 Manchester case 5 Manchester Manchester PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 12 kickin punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 12 kickin punct 8 some some DET PronType=Ind 9 fella det 9 fella fella NOUN Number=Sing 12 kickin nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 kickin cop 11 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 12 kickin amod 12 kickin kickin NOUN Number=Sing 3 cousin appos 13 ' ' PUNCT _ 12 kickin punct 14 off off ADP _ 12 kickin compound 15 at at ADP _ 18 stop case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 stop det 17 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 18 stop compound 18 stop stop NOUN Number=Sing 12 kickin nmod 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 cousin punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 3 cousin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past some fella proper kickin the bus stop 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.
Sentence 2: ("Kicking off" means getting angry and loud.)
punct punct csubj compound:prt punct ccomp xcomp cc conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Kicking VERB off ADP " PUNCT means VERB getting VERB angry ADJ and CCONJ loud ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Kicking punct 3 Kicking kick VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 means csubj 4 off off ADP _ 3 Kicking compound:prt 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Kicking punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 means ccomp 8 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 7 getting xcomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 loud cc 10 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos 8 angry conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 kick off in a quote gerund vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient 2 mean present Kicking vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 get gerund angry property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What should a kid do?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX a DET kid NOUN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 do aux 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 kid det 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 do nsubj 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should a kid vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Go closer and film it on a phone
advmod cc conj obj case det obl root Go VERB closer ADV and CCONJ film VERB it PRON on ADP a DET phone NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 closer close ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Go advmod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 film cc 4 film film VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Go conj 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 film obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 phone case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 phone det 8 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 4 film obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here close property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 film present you not said here it a phone vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on phone=Destination
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Shout at him to calm down right now
case obl mark advcl compound:prt advmod advmod root Shout VERB at ADP him PRON to PART calm VERB down ADP right ADV now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shout shout VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 at at ADP _ 3 him case 3 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Shout obl 4 to to PART _ 5 calm mark 5 calm calm VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Shout advcl 6 down down ADP _ 5 calm compound:prt 7 right right ADV _ 8 now advmod 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 5 calm advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express imperative you not said here at him = he vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 calm down to-infinitive you not said here now vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Move away, steer clear and tell a grown-up
advmod punct conj xcomp cc conj det compound punct obj root Move VERB away ADV , PUNCT steer VERB clear ADJ and CCONJ tell VERB a DET grown NOUN - PUNCT up NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Move move VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Move advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 steer punct 4 steer steer VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Move conj 5 clear clear ADJ Degree=Pos 4 steer xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 tell cc 7 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Move conj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 up det 9 grown grown NOUN Number=Sing 11 up compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 11 up punct 11 up up NOUN Number=Sing 7 tell obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move away imperative you not said here away property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 steer infinitive you not said here clear property vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here a grown up vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
Option 4 Keep it secret so nobody gets in trouble
obj xcomp mark nsubj advcl case obl root Keep VERB it PRON secret ADJ so SCONJ nobody PRON gets VERB in ADP trouble NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Keep obj 3 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Keep xcomp 4 so so SCONJ _ 6 gets mark 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 gets nsubj 6 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep advcl 7 in in ADP _ 8 trouble case 8 trouble trouble NOUN Number=Sing 6 gets obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here it secret property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 get present nobody trouble vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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