Test 6 · ★ · Bees and wasps in the garden
«wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!» What is the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasp, best thing · What happens: keep, come, piss off, be, do · To what, where: lemonade
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 218 «Bees and wasps in the garden» 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: «wasp keeps coming at my lemonade, piss off!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| 2 | wasp | wasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 lemonade | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 lemonade | nmod:poss |
| 7 | lemonade | lemonade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 piss | punct |
| 9 | piss | piss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 keeps | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 piss | compound:prt |
| 11 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | wasp | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | gerund | wasp not said here | my lemonade | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at lemonade=Location | ||||
| 3 | piss off in a quote | infinitive | wasp not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «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 is the best thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Swat at it as hard as you can with a book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swat | swat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Swat | nmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 hard | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Swat | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 can | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 can | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | advcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 book | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 book | det |
| 11 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swat | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay calm, cover the drink and move away slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 cover | punct |
| 4 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 drink | det |
| 6 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cover | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 move | cc |
| 8 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 move | advmod |
| 10 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 8 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cover | infinitive | you not said here | the drink | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drink=Destination | ||||
| 3 | move away | infinitive | you not said here | away, slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Shout and wave your arms at it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 wave | cc |
| 3 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | conj |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 arms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wave | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | wave | infinitive | you not said here | your arms | it | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
Option 4
Hold the cup up near your face so it cannot get in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Hold | compound:prt |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 face | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 face | nmod:poss |
| 7 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obl |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 get | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 get | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 get | advmod |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hold | advcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold up | imperative | you not said here | the cup | your face | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cup=Theme | |||
| 2 | not get in | can | cup | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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