Test 1 · ★ · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back… Kai's mate goes, "if you grass on them they'll batter you worse, keep it shut." ("Grass" means tell on someone.) What's the better choice?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you, grass, better choice · What happens: go, grass, batter, keep, mean, tell · To what, where: you, grass, someone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» 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: Kai's mate goes, "if you grass on them they'll batter you worse, keep it shut."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct mark nsubj nsubj case nmod nsubj aux parataxis obj xcomp punct conj obj xcomp punct punct root Kai PROPN 's PART mate NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT if SCONJ you PRON grass NOUN on ADP them PRON they PRON 'll AUX batter VERB you PRON worse ADJ , PUNCT keep VERB it PRON shut ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kai case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 goes punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 14 batter punct 7 if if SCONJ _ 9 grass mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 grass nsubj 9 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 14 batter nsubj 10 on on ADP _ 11 them case 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 grass nmod 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 batter nsubj 13 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 batter aux 14 batter batter VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 goes parataxis 15 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 batter obj 16 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 14 batter xcomp 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 keep punct 18 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 batter conj 19 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 keep obj 20 shut shut ADJ Degree=Pos 18 keep xcomp 21 . . PUNCT _ 4 goes punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Kai's mate vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 grass a condition, not said to happen, in a quote you on them = they tree rules 3 batter in a quote future grass you bad property vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent you=Instrument 4 keep in a quote infinitive grass not said here grass shut property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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: ("Grass" means tell on someone.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Grass NOUN " PUNCT means VERB tell VERB on ADP someone PRON . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grass punct 3 Grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grass punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means xcomp 7 on on ADP _ 8 someone case 8 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 tell obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Grass vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 tell speech: assert not said to happen infinitive Grass not said here someone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the better choice?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET better ADJ choice NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 choice det 4 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 choice amod 5 choice choice NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the better choice tree rules
The options Option 1 Fight all three boys alone tomorrow
det nummod obj advmod obl:unmarked root Fight VERB all DET three NUM boys NOUN alone ADV tomorrow NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fight fight VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 boys det 3 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 boys nummod 4 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 1 Fight obj 5 alone alone ADV _ 1 Fight advmod 6 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN Number=Sing 1 Fight obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fight imperative you not said here all three boys tomorrow alone property vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Co-Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell a trusted adult the same day, because grown-ups can stop it
The tree, 13 words det amod obj det amod obl:unmarked punct mark amod punct nsubj aux conj obj root Tell VERB a DET trusted VERB adult NOUN the DET same ADJ day NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN can AUX stop VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 adult det 3 trusted trust VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 adult amod 4 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 day det 6 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 7 day amod 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obl:unmarked 8 , , PUNCT _ 14 stop punct 9 because because SCONJ _ 14 stop mark 10 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 ups amod 11 - - PUNCT _ 10 grown punct 12 ups up NOUN Number=Plur 14 stop nsubj 13 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 stop aux 14 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Tell conj 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 stop obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here a trusted adult day vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient 2 trust participle vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 stop can grown ups adult vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality
Option 3 Stay home from school until they leave
advmod case obl mark nsubj advcl root Stay VERB home ADV from ADP school NOUN until SCONJ they PRON leave VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 home home ADV _ 1 Stay advmod 3 from from ADP _ 4 school case 4 school school NOUN Number=Sing 1 Stay obl 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 leave mark 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 leave nsubj 7 leave leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay imperative you not said here school home property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 leave present they vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Keep quiet and take secret long routes home forever so they never catch him
xcomp cc conj amod amod obj obj advmod advmod nsubj advmod advcl obj root Keep VERB quiet ADJ and CCONJ take VERB secret ADJ long ADJ routes NOUN home NOUN forever ADV so ADV they PRON never ADV catch VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Keep xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 take cc 4 take take VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep conj 5 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 7 routes amod 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 routes amod 7 routes route NOUN Number=Plur 4 take obj 8 home home NOUN Number=Sing 4 take obj 9 forever forever ADV _ 4 take advmod 10 so so ADV _ 13 catch advmod 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 catch nsubj 12 never never ADV PronType=Neg 13 catch advmod 13 catch catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep advcl 14 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 catch obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here quiet property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 take infinitive you not said here secret long routes forever property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument route=Theme home=Destination 3 not catch present routes = route him = he vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
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