Test 9 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks
After the display Tom wants to bin his used sparklers in the paper bag. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: want, bin, use, sparkle, do · To what, where: used sparklers, paper bag
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 26 «Colours of fire: fireworks» of the chemistry 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: After the display Tom wants to bin his used sparklers in the paper bag.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 display | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 display | det |
| 3 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | obl |
| 4 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 bin | mark |
| 7 | bin | bin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sparklers | nmod:poss |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 sparklers | amod |
| 10 | sparklers | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bin | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bag | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bag | det |
| 13 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bag | compound |
| 14 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bin | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Tom | after the display | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bin not said to happen | to-infinitive | Tom not said here | Tom's used sparklers | the paper bag | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sparkler=Theme in bag=Destination | |||
| 3 | use | participle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | sparkle | Tom | nom sparkler «possession intransitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: What should he 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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 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 | Tom | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stick them in the grass and walk off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stick | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 grass | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 grass | det |
| 5 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stick | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walk | cc |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stick | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 walk | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | imperative | you not said here | them = they | the grass | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in grass=Destination | |||
| 2 | walk off | infinitive | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Drop them into a bucket of water first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Drop | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 bucket | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bucket | det |
| 5 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drop | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bucket | nmod |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Drop | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | imperative | you not said here | them = they | a bucket of water | first property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into bucket=Destination |
Option 3
Throw them in the paper bag straight away
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bag | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bag | det |
| 5 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bag | compound |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | them = they | the paper bag | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in bag=Destination |
Option 4
Blow on them and put them in a pocket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blow | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 put | cc |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Blow | conj |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 pocket | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pocket | det |
| 9 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | on them = they | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | a pocket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pocket=Destination |
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