Test 6 · ★ · Openings that hook the reader ★★★ Ava writes "Splash! Freezing water filled my wellies." Her ending is "I got home and had a bath." Which ending matches the opening better?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, ending, Ava · What happens: write, freeze, fill, be, have, end · To what, where: Splash, Freezing water, bath, opening
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 40 «Openings that hook the reader» 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: ★★★ Ava writes "Splash!
nsubj dep case nmod punct obj punct root ★ PROPN ★ X ★ ADP Ava PROPN writes VERB " PUNCT Splash NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 5 writes nsubj 2 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 3 ★ ★ ADP _ 4 Ava case 4 Ava Ava PROPN Number=Sing 1 ★ nmod 5 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Splash punct 7 Splash splash NOUN Number=Sing 5 writes obj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 5 writes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present ★ ★ Ava Splash vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splash=Theme
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: Freezing water filled my wellies."
amod obl:unmarked nmod:poss obj punct punct root Freezing VERB water NOUN filled VERB my PRON wellies NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Freezing freeze VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 water amod 2 water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 filled obl:unmarked 3 filled fill VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 wellies nmod:poss 5 wellies welly NOUN Number=Plur 3 filled obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 filled punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 filled punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 freeze gerund vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 fill participle Freezing water vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent welly=Patient
Sentence 3: Her ending is "I got home and had a bath."
nmod:poss nsubj cop punct nsubj advmod cc conj det obj punct punct root Her PRON ending NOUN is AUX " PUNCT I PRON got VERB home ADV and CCONJ had VERB a DET bath NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 ending nmod:poss 2 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 6 got nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 got cop 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 got punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 got nsubj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 home home ADV _ 6 got advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 had cc 9 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 got conj 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 bath det 11 bath bath NOUN Number=Sing 9 had obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 got punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 6 got punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Ava's ending get, home property tree rules 2 have in a quote past Ava's ending not said here a bath vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient 3 end Ava nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 4: Which ending matches the opening better?
det nsubj det obj xcomp punct root Which DET ending NOUN matches VERB the DET opening NOUN better ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 ending det 2 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 3 matches nsubj 3 matches match VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 opening det 5 opening opening NOUN Number=Sing 3 matches obj 6 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 matches xcomp 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 matches punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 match present which ending the opening good property vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=Patient
The options Option 1 The end, thanks for reading my story about stuff.
det punct conj mark acl nmod:poss obj case nmod punct root The DET end NOUN , PUNCT thanks NOUN for SCONJ reading VERB my PRON story NOUN about ADP stuff NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 end det 2 end end NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 thanks punct 4 thanks thanks NOUN Number=Sing 2 end conj 5 for for SCONJ _ 6 reading mark 6 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 thanks acl 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 story nmod:poss 8 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 reading obj 9 about about ADP _ 10 stuff case 10 stuff stuff NOUN Number=Sing 8 story nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 end punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read gerund thanks not said here my story about stuff vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic
Option 2 Then we had chips for tea.
advmod nsubj obj case obl punct root Then ADV we PRON had VERB chips NOUN for ADP tea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 had advmod 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 chips chip NOUN Number=Plur 3 had obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 tea case 6 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past we chips then for tea vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Patient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice And then I woke up and it was all a dream.
cc advmod nsubj compound:prt cc nsubj cop det:predet det conj punct root And CCONJ then ADV I PRON woke VERB up ADP and CCONJ it PRON was AUX all DET a DET dream NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 4 woke cc 2 then then ADV PronType=Dem 4 woke advmod 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 woke nsubj 4 woke wake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 woke compound:prt 6 and and CCONJ _ 11 dream cc 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 dream nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 dream cop 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 dream det:predet 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 dream det 11 dream dream NOUN Number=Sing 4 woke conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 woke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wake up past I then vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 is a past it all dream tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer I never went near that river in wellies again.
nsubj advmod case det obl case obl advmod punct root I PRON never ADV went VERB near ADP that DET river NOUN in ADP wellies NOUN again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 went nsubj 2 never never ADV PronType=Neg 3 went advmod 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 near near ADP _ 6 river case 5 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 river det 6 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 went obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 wellies case 8 wellies welly NOUN Number=Plur 3 went obl 9 again again ADV _ 3 went advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go past I that river again in wellies vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near river=Location
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