Test 6 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark
A boy in Arizona wakes from a dream about a snake in his bed. What is the sensible first step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, sensible first step · What happens: wake, be · To what, where: dream
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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: A boy in Arizona wakes from a dream about a snake in his bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wakes | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Arizona | case |
| 4 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | wakes | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dream | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dream | det |
| 8 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wakes | obl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 snake | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 snake | det |
| 11 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dream | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bed | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 bed | nmod:poss |
| 14 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wakes | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wakes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | present | a boy in Arizona | a dream about a snake | in boy's bed | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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 is the sensible first step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 step | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sensible first step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shake his blanket out of the window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 blanket | nmod:poss |
| 3 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shake | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 window | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 window | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 window | det |
| 7 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shake | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | imperative | you not said here | his blanket | the window | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme out window=Trajectory |
Option 2
Jump out and run outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 run | cc |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | conj |
| 5 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 4 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run | infinitive | you not said here | outside property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Stay awake for the rest of the night just in case
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 rest | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rest | det |
| 5 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rest | nmod |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 case | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 case | case |
| 11 | case | case | 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 | case | for the rest of the night; awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in case=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Remember it was a dream and turn on the light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dream | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dream | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dream | det |
| 5 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Remember | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 turn | cc |
| 7 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remember | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 light | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 light | det |
| 10 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | imperative | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a dream | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | turn | present | you not said here | the light | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on light=Trajectory |
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