Test 8 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"
Lola is scared of the giant spider. What would help her see it differently?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lola · What happens: be, help, see · To what, where: Lola, spider
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» 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: Lola is scared of the giant spider.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lola | Lola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 spider | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 spider | det |
| 6 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spider | amod |
| 7 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lola | of the giant spider; scared property | tree rules |
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 help her see it differently?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 help | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Lola | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | Lola not said here | spider | differently property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Being told to close her eyes and walk past
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 told | aux:pass |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 close | mark |
| 4 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | xcomp |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 close | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 walk | cc |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 close | conj |
| 9 | past | past | ADV | _ | 8 walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund · passive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | close not said to happen | to-infinitive | her eyes | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||||
| 3 | walk | infinitive | past property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Knowing that it is made of real spiders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 made | mark |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 made | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 spiders | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spiders | amod |
| 8 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | make | present · passive | it | of real spiders | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Learning that it stood for the artist's caring mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 stood | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 mother | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 artist | det |
| 7 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 artist | case |
| 9 | caring | caring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mother | amod |
| 10 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | gerund | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stand | past | for the artist's caring mother | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for mother=Attribute |
Option 4
Nothing, it is only about fear and nightmares
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 fear | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fear | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fear | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 fear | advmod |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 fear | case |
| 7 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 nightmares | cc |
| 9 | nightmares | nightmare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | about fear and nightmares | tree rules |
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