Test 7 · Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs
Mia wants to jump off the boardwalk to grab a sundew in the bog. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: want, jump off, grab, do · To what, where: boardwalk, sundew, bog
This is test 7 of lesson 11 «Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs» of the biology 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: Mia wants to jump off the boardwalk to grab a sundew in the bog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 jump | mark |
| 4 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 boardwalk | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boardwalk | det |
| 7 | boardwalk | boardwalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jump | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 grab | mark |
| 9 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 jump | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sundew | det |
| 11 | sundew | sundew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grab | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bog | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bog | det |
| 14 | bog | bog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grab | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Mia | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | jump off not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mia not said here | the boardwalk | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boardwalk=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | grab | to-infinitive | Mia not said here | a sundew | the bog | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sundew=Theme |
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 do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Mia | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Stay on the boardwalk, bogs can be deep and dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 boardwalk | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boardwalk | det |
| 4 | boardwalk | boardwalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 deep | punct |
| 6 | bogs | bog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 deep | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 deep | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 deep | cop |
| 9 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | parataxis |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dangerous | cc |
| 11 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 deep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the boardwalk | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on boardwalk=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | can | bogs | deep property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | bogs not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
Jump, bog moss is soft and always safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soft | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 moss | punct |
| 3 | bog | bog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moss | compound |
| 4 | moss | moss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jump | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 soft | cop |
| 6 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 safe | cc |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 safe | advmod |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 soft | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jump and bog moss | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Jump and bog moss not said here | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
Run across very quickly, so that she does not have time to sink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | across | across | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 quickly | advmod |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 11 have | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 have | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 have | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 have | advmod |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Run | conj |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 sink | mark |
| 14 | sink | sink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 time | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | across, quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not have | present · do-support | she | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | sink | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Jump only if her boots are waterproof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 waterproof | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 waterproof | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 boots | nmod:poss |
| 5 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 waterproof | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 waterproof | cop |
| 7 | waterproof | waterproof | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jump | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | her boots | waterproof property | tree rules |
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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