Test 8 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity
Ava wants to dress herself for a rainy autumn day in Seattle. What should she do first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava · What happens: want, dress, do · To what, where: Ava
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» 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: Ava wants to dress herself for a rainy autumn day in Seattle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 dress | mark |
| 4 | dress | dress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 dress | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 8 | rainy | rainy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 day | amod |
| 9 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 day | compound |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dress | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Seattle | case |
| 12 | Seattle | Seattle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 day | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Ava | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dress not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ava not said here | Ava | day | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=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 should she do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Ava | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Check the weather and choose clothes for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 weather | det |
| 3 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 choose | cc |
| 5 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Check | conj |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 choose | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 choose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the weather | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Theme | ||||
| 2 | choose | infinitive | you not said here | clothes | for weather | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme for it=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Wear the same as she did in July
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 same | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wear | obj |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 did | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wear | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 July | case |
| 8 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | the same | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent same=Source | ||||
| 2 | do | past | she | july | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Ask a friend what they will wear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 wear | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wear | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 wear | aux |
| 7 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wear | future | they | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
Option 4
Wear her favourite summer dress because it is pretty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dress | nmod:poss |
| 3 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dress | amod |
| 4 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dress | compound |
| 5 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wear | obj |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 is | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 is | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wear | advcl |
| 9 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 8 is | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | her favourite summer dress | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present | dress | pretty property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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