Test 3 · ★★ · Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism
Abbie panics when her brother talks of "bombing". What should she know?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Abbie, brother · What happens: panic, talk, know
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism» 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: Abbie panics when her brother talks of "bombing".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbie | Abbie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 panics | nsubj |
| 2 | panics | panic | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 talks | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 talks | nsubj |
| 6 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 panics | ccomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bombing | case |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bombing | punct |
| 9 | bombing | bombing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 talks | obl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bombing | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 panics | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | panic | present | Abbie | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | talk | present | Abbie's brother | of bombing | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 should she know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | should | Abbie | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
It means painting a mural legally
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | painting | paint | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mural | det |
| 5 | mural | mural | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 painting | obj |
| 6 | legally | legally | ADV | _ | 3 painting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | paint not said to happen | gerund | a mural | legally property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent mural=Destination |
Option 2
He is going away to fight in a war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 going | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fight | mark |
| 6 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 going | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 war | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 war | det |
| 9 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fight | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present · progressive | He | away property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fight | to-infinitive | He not said here | a war | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It means throwing water balloons at his friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | throwing | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 balloons | compound |
| 5 | balloons | balloon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 throwing | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 throwing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | throw | gerund | water balloons | at his friends | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent balloon=Theme at friend=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's slang for illegal tagging, not real bombs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 slang | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 slang | cop |
| 3 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 tagging | case |
| 5 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tagging | amod |
| 6 | tagging | tagging | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slang | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bombs | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 bombs | advmod |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bombs | amod |
| 10 | bombs | bomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 slang | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | slang and real bombs | for illegal tagging | tree rules |
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