Test 9 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…
Ruby from Manchester: «our kid says putting your hand in the bath makes the tide.» (our kid = my brother) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, putting, kid · What happens: say, put, make · To what, where: hand, bath, tide · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» of the books 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: Ruby from Manchester: «our kid says putting your hand in the bath makes the tide.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Manchester | case |
| 3 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruby | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 6 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 kid | nmod:poss |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | putting | put | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 makes | csubj |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 putting | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bath | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bath | det |
| 14 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 putting | obl |
| 15 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | ccomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 tide | det |
| 17 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 makes | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 makes | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Ruby from Manchester | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put in a quote | gerund | your hand | the bath | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in bath=Destination | ||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present | putting | the tide | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tide=Product |
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: (our kid = my brother) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 Put | punct |
| 2 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 kid | nmod:poss |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Put | nsubj |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 brother | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | appos |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 brother | punct |
| 8 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 Put | obj |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 Put | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | our kid | tide | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Tides come from wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 wind | case |
| 4 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Tides | wind | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wind=Initial_Location |
Option 2
The sea is moved by fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sea | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 moved | aux:pass |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 fish | case |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present · passive | fish | the sea | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A hand raises bath water, but tides come from the Moon's pull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raises | nsubj |
| 3 | raises | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 water | compound |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raises | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 come | cc |
| 8 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 raises | parataxis |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 pull | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Moon | det |
| 12 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 pull | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Moon | case |
| 14 | pull | pull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | present | a hand | bath water | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | present | tides | the Moon's pull | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pull=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | pull | the Moon | nom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A hand moves bath water, but tides come from the wind's push
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moves | nsubj |
| 3 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 water | compound |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moves | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 come | cc |
| 8 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 moves | parataxis |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 push | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wind | det |
| 12 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 push | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 wind | case |
| 14 | push | push | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | a hand | bath water | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | present | tides | the wind's push | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from push=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | push | the wind | nom push «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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