Test 2 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes
Jayden shouts "Oh crap, it's wrecked!" after the spill. What would a calm painter do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jayden, calm painter · What happens: shout, wreck, do · To what, where: crap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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: Jayden shouts "Oh crap, it's wrecked!" after the spill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 crap | punct |
| 4 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 5 crap | discourse |
| 5 | crap | crap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wrecked | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wrecked | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wrecked | aux:pass |
| 9 | wrecked | wreck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 shouts | conj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 wrecked | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 wrecked | punct |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 spill | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 spill | det |
| 14 | spill | spill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wrecked | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Jayden | crap | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crap=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wreck in a quote | present · passive | crap | after the spill | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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 would a calm painter do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 painter | det |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 painter | amod |
| 5 | painter | painter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a calm painter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Throw the painting in the bin and start a new one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 painting | det |
| 3 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bin | det |
| 6 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 start | cc |
| 8 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Throw | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | the painting | the bin | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent painting=Theme in bin=Destination | |||
| 2 | start | infinitive | you not said here | a new one | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |
Option 2
Blame the teacher for putting the water pot so close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 putting | mark |
| 5 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Blame | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pot | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pot | compound |
| 8 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 putting | obj |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 close | advmod |
| 10 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Blame | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put | gerund | you not said here | the water pot | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pot=Goal |
Option 3
Spill more water to hide it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spill | spill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 water | amod |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spill | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hide | mark |
| 5 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Spill | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hide | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spill | imperative | you not said here | more water | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hide | to-infinitive | you not said here | water | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Dab it and maybe turn the stain into clouds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dab | dab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Dab | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 turn | cc |
| 4 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 5 turn | advmod |
| 5 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dab | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stain | det |
| 7 | stain | stain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turn | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 clouds | case |
| 9 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dab | imperative | you not said here | it | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | turn | infinitive | you not said here | the stain | clouds | maybe property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stain=Theme into cloud=Trajectory |
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