Test 3 · ★ · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see
Oisín's grandad says, "Does it look like a lolly to ya?" What lesson is he teaching?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, it, lesson · What happens: say, look, teach · To what, where: ya · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts 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: Oisín's grandad says, "Does it look like a lolly to ya?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oisín | Oisín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Oisín | case |
| 3 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 look | punct |
| 7 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 look | aux |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 look | nsubj |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 lolly | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 lolly | det |
| 12 | lolly | lolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 look | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 ya | case |
| 14 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 look | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 look | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Oisín's grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | look in a quote | present · do-support | it | ya | like a lolly | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to you=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: What lesson is he teaching?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 teaching | obj |
| 2 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 teaching | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 teaching | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 teaching | nsubj |
| 5 | teaching | teach | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 teaching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present · progressive | lesson | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Drawing trees is too hard for children, so they should not try
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drawing | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 hard | csubj |
| 2 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Drawing | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 hard | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hard | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 try | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 try | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 try | nsubj |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 try | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 try | advmod |
| 13 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hard | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | gerund | trees | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Drawing | for children; hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not try | should | trees = tree | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Trees should always be drawn as lollies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 drawn | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 drawn | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 drawn | aux:pass |
| 5 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 lollies | case |
| 7 | lollies | lolly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | should · passive | Trees | as lollies; always property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as lolly=Attribute |
Option 3
Real trees are all round and smooth, just like lollies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 trees | amod |
| 2 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 round | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 round | cop |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 round | advmod |
| 5 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 smooth | cc |
| 7 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 round | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lollies | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 lollies | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 lollies | case |
| 11 | lollies | lolly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 round | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real trees | all, round property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Real trees not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Draw what is in front of you, not what you remember
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 1 Draw | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 front | case |
| 5 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 front | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 what | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 what | advmod |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Draw | obl |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 remember | nsubj |
| 12 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | front of you | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in front=Destination | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | remember | present | you | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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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