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Test 7 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime

Callum says "that wee needle's out to get me" ("wee" means small). Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Callum, wee needle, wee · What happens: say, be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» 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: Callum says "that wee needle's out to get me" ("wee" means small).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 needle	det
5	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 needle	amod
6	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 get	cop
8	out	out	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 get	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 means	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 wee	punct
15	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 means	nsubj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 wee	punct
17	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 means	xcomp
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 means	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Callum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	that wee needle					get, out property	tree rules
3	mean	present	wee					small property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Thimbles cause pricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thimbles	thimble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cause	nsubj
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pricks	prick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Thimbles	pricks					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition prick=Patient

Option 2

Only clumsy people ever get pricked when they sew buttons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pricked	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 people	advmod
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pricked	aux:pass
6	pricked	prick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 sew	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sew	nsubj
9	sew	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pricked	advcl
10	buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prick	present · passive		clumsy people					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	sew	present	people	buttons					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Product

Option 3

Needles move by themselves when you are not looking at them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 move	nsubj
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 themselves	case
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 move	obl
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 looking	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 looking	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 looking	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 looking	advmod
9	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 move	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	Needles					by Needles = needle	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by themselves=Trajectory
2	not look	present · progressive	you					at Needles = needle	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pricks come from sewing towards your fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pricks	prick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 sewing	mark
4	sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 come	advcl
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 fingers	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fingers	nmod:poss
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sewing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Pricks						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sew	gerund	Pricks not said here			your fingers			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme towards finger=Destination

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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