Test 4 · ★ · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

«only nuts left in my lunchbox, Sam's allergic but it's my food, tough» What is the kind thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nuts, lunchbox · What happens: leave, be, do · To what, where: lunchbox, allergic food, kind thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 nuts	advmod
3	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 thing	csubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lunchbox	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lunchbox	nmod:poss
7	lunchbox	lunchbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 food	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Sam	case
11	allergic	allergic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 food	amod
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 food	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 food	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 food	cop
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 food	nmod:poss
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tough	punct
18	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 food	advcl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 thing	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 thing	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 thing	det
23	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 thing	amod
24	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
25	to	to	PART	_	26 do	mark
26	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 thing	acl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	24 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave in a quote	participle	nuts		in my lunchbox result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in lunchbox=Result
2	is a in a quote	present	lunchbox	Sam's allergic food		tree rules
3	is a	present		the kind thing		tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Eat them right next to Sam to prove that nuts are fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Eat	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	4 next	advmod
4	next	next	ADV	_	1 Eat	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Sam	case
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Eat	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 prove	mark
8	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Eat	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 fine	mark
10	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fine	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prove	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here	them = they	Sam	next property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	prove	to-infinitive	you not said here				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	nuts			fine property	tree rules

Option 2

Share them with Sam in secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Sam	case
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Share	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 secret	case
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	them = they		secret		with Sam	tree rules

Option 3

Throw them at Sam's table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 table	case
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 table	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sam	case
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	them = they		Sam's table			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at table=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Keep to the class nut rule so Sam stays safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 rule	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rule	det
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	compound
5	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	compound
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 stays	mark
8	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stays	nsubj
9	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here					to the class nut rule	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	Sam					safe property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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