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Test 9 · Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing

Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions. Why do actions help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: actions · What happens: help

This is test 9 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» 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: Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions.

compoundflatcompoundpunctpunctconjpunctcasenmodpunctrootYearNOUN1NUMperformsNOUN"PUNCTTwinkleNOUN,PUNCTtwinkleNOUN"PUNCTwithADPactionsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YearyearNOUNNumber=Sing3 performscompound
211NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card1 Yearflat
3performsperformNOUNNumber=Plur5 Twinklecompound
4""PUNCT_3 performspunct
5TwinkletwinkleNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_7 twinklepunct
7twinkletwinkleNOUNNumber=Sing5 Twinkleconj
8""PUNCT_7 twinklepunct
9withwithADP_10 actionscase
10actionsactionNOUNNumber=Plur7 twinklenmod
11..PUNCT_5 Twinklepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Why do actions help?

advmodauxnsubjpunctrootWhyADVdoAUXactionsNOUNhelpVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 helpadvmod
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 helpaux
3actionsactionNOUNNumber=Plur4 helpnsubj
4helphelpVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 helppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helppresent · do-supportactionsvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They help memory and show meaning

nsubjobjcccompoundconjrootTheyPRONhelpVERBmemoryNOUNandCCONJshowNOUNmeaningNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 helpnsubj
2helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing2 helpobj
4andandCCONJ_6 meaningcc
5showshowNOUNNumber=Sing6 meaningcompound
6meaningmeaningNOUNNumber=Sing3 memoryconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helppresentTheymemory and show meaningvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Beneficiary

Option 2

They mean you can skip the words

nsubjnsubjauxccompdetobjrootTheyPRONmeanVERByouPRONcanAUXskipVERBtheDETwordsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meannsubj
2meanmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 skipnsubj
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 skipaux
5skipskipVERBVerbForm=Inf2 meanccomp
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 wordsdet
7wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur5 skipobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentTheyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2skipcanyouthe wordsvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Agent

Option 3

They turn the rhyme into a limerick

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblrootTheyPRONturnVERBtheDETrhymeNOUNintoADPaDETlimerickNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 turnnsubj
2turnturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 rhymedet
4rhymerhymeNOUNNumber=Sing2 turnobj
5intointoADP_7 limerickcase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 limerickdet
7limericklimerickNOUNNumber=Sing2 turnobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turnpresentTheythe rhymea limerickvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rhyme=Theme into limerick=Trajectory

Option 4

They let the class rush through it

nsubjdetnsubjxcompcaseoblrootTheyPRONletVERBtheDETclassNOUNrushVERBthroughADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 letnsubj
2letletVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 classdet
4classclassNOUNNumber=Sing5 rushnsubj
5rushrushVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 letxcomp
6throughthroughADP_7 itcase
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 rushobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1letpastTheytree rules
2rushpresentthe classitvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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