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title: A cartoon shows Tom's dad literally lifting him into the car at 5 o'… — Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows Tom's dad literally lifting him into the car at 5 o'clock. What did "pick you up" really mean? Test 6 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 each option; Mo
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# Test 6 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up

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A cartoon shows Tom's dad literally lifting him into the car at 5 o'clock. What did "pick you up" really mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon · **What happens:** show, lift, pick up, mean · **To what, where:** dad, cartoon, car, you

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows Tom's dad literally lifting him into the car at 5 o'clock.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t6:1
# text = A cartoon shows Tom's dad literally lifting him into the car at 5 o'clock.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | Tom's dad |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **lift** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* | cartoon |  | the car |  | at 5 o'clock; literally *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into car=Destination at o'clock=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did "pick you up" really mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t6:2
# text = What did "pick you up" really mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** *in a quote* | past · do-support |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lift into the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t6:o1:1
# text = Lift into the air
1	Lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pick him like a flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t6:o2:1
# text = Pick him like a flower
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | like a flower | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Phone at 5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t6:o3:1
# text = Phone at 5
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Collect in the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:t6:o4:1
# text = Collect in the car
1	Collect	collect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the car |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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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