Test 8 · ★★ · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s…
«can we share peanuts with the class?» What should you check first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, you · What happens: share, check · To what, where: peanuts
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» 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: «can we share peanuts with the class?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 share | punct |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 share | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 share | nsubj |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | peanuts | peanut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 share | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 class | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 class | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 share | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 share | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share in a quote | can | we | peanuts | with the class | tree rules |
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 you check first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 check | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 check | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | should | you | first property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Whether anyone is allergic to peanuts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 allergic | mark |
| 2 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 allergic | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allergic | cop |
| 4 | allergic | allergic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 peanuts | case |
| 6 | peanuts | peanut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allergic | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | anyone | to peanuts; allergic property | tree rules |
Option 2
Whether the teacher likes salt on them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 likes | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 likes | nsubj |
| 4 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 likes | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 likes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | the teacher | salt | on them = they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot salt=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Whether peanuts are really nuts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 nuts | mark |
| 2 | peanuts | peanut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 nuts | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nuts | cop |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 nuts | advmod |
| 5 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | peanuts | nuts | tree rules |
Option 4
Whether the peanuts are cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 cold | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 peanuts | det |
| 3 | peanuts | peanut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cold | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | cop |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the peanuts | cold 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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