--- title: What would happen if you told an English learner "I'll pick you up"… — Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you told an English learner "I'll pick you up" at the airport, and they didn't know the phrasal verb? Test 3 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up/) / t3 # Test 3 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up What would happen if you told an English learner "I'll pick you up" at the airport, and they didn't know the phrasal verb? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, I, they · **What happens:** happen, tell, pick up, not know · **To what, where:** English learner, airport, phrasal verb · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» of the language 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t3:1 # text = What would happen if you told an English learner "I'll pick you up" at the airport, and they didn't know the phrasal verb? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 learner learner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 airport airport NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 phrasal phrasal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | a English learner | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent learner=Recipient | | 3 | **pick up** *in a quote* | future | I | a English learner *= learner* | | the airport | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | they | the phrasal verb | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer verb=Stimulus | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They'd think you were leaving ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t3:o1:1 # text = They'd think you were leaving 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past · progressive | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They'd think you would phone them from the car park ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t3:o2:1 # text = They'd think you would phone them from the car park 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 phone phone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **phone** | would | you | them *= they* | | the car park | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from park=Source | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They might think you'll lift them in the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t3:o3:1 # text = They might think you'll lift them in the air 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | might | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **lift** | future | you | them *= they* | | the air | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in air=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} They'd understand perfectly ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t3:o4:1 # text = They'd understand perfectly 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | would | They | | | | | perfectly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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