Test 10 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next
Sam grinned at the thin ice sign. In real life, what is the safe thing to do near a THIN ICE sign?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, real life · What happens: grin, be, do · To what, where: thin ice sign, safe thing
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English 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: Sam grinned at the thin ice sign.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 grinned | nsubj |
| 2 | grinned | grin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sign | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sign | det |
| 5 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sign | amod |
| 6 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sign | compound |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grinned | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grinned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grin | past | Sam | the thin ice sign | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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.
Sentence 2: In real life, what is the safe thing to do near a THIN ICE sign?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thing | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 thing | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 thing | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 thing | det |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thing | amod |
| 9 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 life | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 do | mark |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 thing | acl |
| 12 | near | near | ADP | _ | 16 sign | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 sign | det |
| 14 | THIN | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 sign | amod |
| 15 | ICE | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sign | compound |
| 16 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 do | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 life | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | real life and the safe thing | the safe thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | a THIN ICE sign | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Jump on it to test it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Jump | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 test | mark |
| 5 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Jump | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 test | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | it | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | test | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Stay off the ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 ice | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ice | det |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | off the ice | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Walk on it if a friend dares you to, as long as it looks frozen
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Walk | obl |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 dares | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dares | nsubj |
| 7 | dares | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | advcl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 dares | obj |
| 9 | to | too | ADV | Typo=Yes | 7 dares | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 long | punct |
| 11 | as | as | ADV | _ | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 looks | mark |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 looks | nsubj |
| 15 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 long | advcl |
| 16 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | it | long property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | dare a condition, not said to happen | present | a friend | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | look | present | friend | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | freeze | participle | friend not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Walk on the ice, but slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 ice | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ice | det |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walk | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 slowly | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 slowly | cc |
| 7 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | the ice | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory |
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