Test 8 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime
Ava says her clay join was "sweet as" yesterday ("sweet as" means fine). Why did it fall off?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, clay join, sweet · What happens: say, be, mean, fall off · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Ava says her clay join was "sweet as" yesterday ("sweet as" means fine).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 join | nmod:poss |
| 4 | clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 join | compound |
| 5 | join | join | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sweet | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sweet | cop |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sweet | punct |
| 8 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 yesterday | case |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 yesterday | punct |
| 11 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sweet | obl |
| 12 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 14 sweet | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sweet | punct |
| 14 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 means | nsubj |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 sweet | fixed |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sweet | punct |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 18 | fine | fine | 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 | Ava | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | Ava's clay join | yesterday | sweet property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | mean | present | sweet | fine 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: Why did it fall off?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 fall | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fall | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fall | nsubj |
| 4 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 fall | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall off | past · do-support | sweet | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Someone in the cupboard pulled the handle off during the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 pulled | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 cupboard | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cupboard | det |
| 4 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Someone | nmod |
| 5 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 handle | det |
| 7 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulled | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 pulled | compound:prt |
| 9 | during | during | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 night | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull off | past | Someone | the handle | night | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Drying clay shrank and pulled apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drying | dry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 clay | amod |
| 2 | clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shrank | nsubj |
| 3 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 pulled | cc |
| 5 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shrank | conj |
| 6 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 5 pulled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dry | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | shrink | past | Drying clay | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | pull apart | past | Drying clay not said here | apart property | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Clay always falls apart in the end, whatever you do to join it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 falls | advmod |
| 3 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 falls | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 do | obj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 falls | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 join | mark |
| 13 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 do | xcomp |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 join | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall apart | present | Clay | in the end | always, apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | do | present | you | whatever | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | join | to-infinitive | you not said here | Clay | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
The kiln was too hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 kiln | det |
| 2 | kiln | kiln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hot | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hot | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 hot | advmod |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the kiln | hot property | tree rules |
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