Test 2 · Pencils, paper and school things

«late for the bus, running with me pencil in me hand» What is the rule?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: run, be · To what, where: hand rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 bus	punct
2	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 bus	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rule	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 running	punct
7	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 rule	csubj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 running	obl
10	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hand	compound
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 pencil	nmod
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rule	compound
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 hand	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 rule	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 rule	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rule	det
18	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	gerund						with me	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with i=Material
2	is a	present		the hand rule				for the bus	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.

The options

Option 1

Hold it point up and just run a bit faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	xcomp
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 point	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 run	cc
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 run	obj
10	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		tree rules
2	point up	infinitive	you not said here			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	infinitive	you not said here	a bit	fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bit=Trajectory

Option 2

It is only a problem indoors, not outside

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	5 problem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 problem	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	5 problem	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 outside	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 outside	advmod
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 problem	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a problem				indoors, outside property	tree rules

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

Never run holding a pencil or pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 run	advmod
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 run	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pencil	det
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pen	cc
7	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pencil	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not run	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	hold	gerund	you not said here	a pencil or pen					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme

Option 4

Put it in your mouth instead so your hands are free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 free	mark
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hands	nmod:poss
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 free	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 free	cop
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		your mouth		instead property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Destination
2	is	present	your hands					free property	tree rules

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