Test 7 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps
A wasp lands on your jam sandwich. bloody thing! What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasp, you · What happens: land, do · To what, where: jam sandwich
This is test 7 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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: A wasp lands on your jam sandwich. bloody thing!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wasp | det |
| 2 | wasp | wasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lands | nsubj |
| 3 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 sandwich | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 6 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sandwich | compound |
| 7 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lands | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lands | punct |
| 9 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 thing | amod |
| 10 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lands | conj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | a wasp | your jam sandwich | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on sandwich=Destination |
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 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 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 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 | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Blow hard on it to scare it away from you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Blow | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blow | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 scare | mark |
| 6 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Blow | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scare | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 scare | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 scare | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | it | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | scare away | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | from you; away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay calm and move away, don't swat
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 move | cc |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 swat | punct |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 swat | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 swat | advmod |
| 9 | swat | swat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| # | 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 | move away | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not swat | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Shout loudly and wave your arms about 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 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wave | cc |
| 4 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | conj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 arms | nmod:poss |
| 6 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wave | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 wave | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wave | infinitive | you not said here | your arms | it | about property | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
Option 4
Swat it hard with your hand or a book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swat | swat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Swat | obj |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Swat | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 hand | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hand | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swat | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 book | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 book | det |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hand | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swat | imperative | you not said here | it | with your hand or a book; hard property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hand=Instrument |
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