Test 1 · ★★★ · Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures
«the tiger's literally on fire, that's why it's burning bright». What's the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fire, tiger, best reply · What happens: be, burn, fire · To what, where: fire
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 25 «Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures» 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: «the tiger's literally on fire, that's why it's burning bright».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 fire | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tiger | det |
| 3 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fire | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 tiger | case |
| 5 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 7 fire | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 fire | case |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 why | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 why | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 why | cop |
| 11 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 fire | acl:relcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 burning | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 burning | aux |
| 14 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 why | advcl:relcl |
| 15 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 burning | xcomp |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 burning | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fire | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the tiger's fire | the tiger's fire not said here | why property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | burn in a quote | present · progressive | fire | bright property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fire in a quote | the tiger | nom fire «event transitive»: 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's the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Tigers glow in the dark like a torch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 glow | nsubj |
| 2 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 dark | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dark | det |
| 5 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glow | obl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 torch | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 torch | det |
| 8 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | Tigers | the dark | like a torch | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |
Option 2
It means the tiger is angry and its fur has turned red with rage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tiger | det |
| 4 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 angry | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 angry | cop |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 turned | cc |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 turned | aux |
| 11 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | conj |
| 12 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 turned | xcomp |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 rage | case |
| 14 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the tiger | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | turn | present · perfect · passive | tiger's fur | with rage; red property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, it's a real fire in the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 fire | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fire | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fire | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fire | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fire | amod |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 forest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 forest | det |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fire | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a real fire | the forest | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's imagery: the stripes look like flames
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 imagery | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 imagery | cop |
| 3 | imagery | imagery | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 look | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stripes | det |
| 6 | stripes | stripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 look | nsubj |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 imagery | acl:relcl |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 flames | case |
| 9 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | imagery | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | present | the stripes | imagery not said here | like flames | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme imagery=Attribute |
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