Test 5 · Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew…
A giant plant taller than your dad with huge white flower umbrellas grows near the playground. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: giant plant, you · What happens: grow, do · To what, where: playground
This is test 5 of lesson 392 «Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew and nightshade» 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 giant plant taller than your dad with huge white flower umbrellas grows near the playground.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 plant | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 plant | amod |
| 3 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grows | nsubj |
| 4 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 plant | amod |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 dad | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taller | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 umbrellas | case |
| 9 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 umbrellas | amod |
| 10 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 umbrellas | amod |
| 11 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 umbrellas | compound |
| 12 | umbrellas | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 plant | nmod |
| 13 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | near | near | ADP | _ | 16 playground | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 playground | det |
| 16 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grows | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 grows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | a giant plant with huge white flower umbrellas | the playground | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near playground=Location |
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
Hide inside its big leaves in the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 5 leaves | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 leaves | nmod:poss |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 leaves | amod |
| 5 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hide | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sun | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sun | det |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | its big leaves | in the sun | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside leaf=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Do not touch it and tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 touch | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 touch | advmod |
| 3 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 touch | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 touch | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 up | det |
| 8 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 up | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 up | punct |
| 10 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Pick a big flower to show your friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 flower | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 flower | amod |
| 4 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pick | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 show | mark |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | imperative | you not said here | a big flower | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | ||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | your friends | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
Option 4
Snap a stem to see what the sap looks like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snap | snap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stem | det |
| 3 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Snap | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Snap | advcl |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 looks | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sap | det |
| 8 | sap | SAP | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 looks | nsubj |
| 9 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| 10 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 9 looks | mark |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | imperative | you not said here | a stem | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stem=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | look | present | the sap | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute |
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