Test 1 · ★ · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there
Your mate goes, "one little touch won't hurt it, bruv." What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, one little touch, problem · What happens: go, not hurt, be · To what, where: mate
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» 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: Your mate goes, "one little touch won't hurt it, bruv."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 touch | nummod |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 touch | amod |
| 8 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hurt | nsubj |
| 9 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 hurt | advmod |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 goes | advcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bruv | punct |
| 14 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hurt | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not hurt in a quote | future | one little touch | mate | bruv obl | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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 is the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
One touch makes it worth more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 touch | nummod |
| 2 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | One touch | it | worth property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary more=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Millions of little touches would wear the art away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wear | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 touches | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 touches | amod |
| 4 | touches | touch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Millions | nmod |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 wear | aux |
| 6 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 art | det |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wear | obj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 wear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear away | would | Millions of little touches | the art | away property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent art=Source |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Touching is the best way to see art properly up close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touching | touching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 7 see | advmod |
| 10 | up | up | ADV | _ | 11 close | advmod |
| 11 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Touching | the best way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | art | close, properly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus |
Option 4
Paint never wears out, however many hands touch it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wears | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 wears | advmod |
| 3 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 wears | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 touch | punct |
| 6 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 touch | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hands | amod |
| 8 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 touch | nsubj |
| 9 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wears | parataxis |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 touch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wear out | present | Paint | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | touch | present | many hands | Paint | however property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
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