Test 3 · ★★ · Windows, balconies and furniture
A baby's cot is under a window with a long blind cord. What is the safest change?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cot, safest change · What happens: be · To what, where: window
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» 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 baby's cot is under a window with a long blind cord.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cot | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 baby | case |
| 4 | cot | cot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 window | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 window | cop |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 window | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 window | det |
| 8 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 cord | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cord | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cord | amod |
| 12 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cord | amod |
| 13 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 window | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 window | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a baby's cot | a window | with a long blind cord | tree rules |
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 safest change?
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 | 5 change | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 change | amod |
| 5 | change | change | 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 safest change | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Move the cot and tie the cord up high
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cot | det |
| 3 | cot | cot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tie | cc |
| 5 | tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cord | det |
| 7 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tie | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 tie | compound:prt |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tie | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | the cot | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tie up | infinitive | you not said here | the cord | high property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient |
Option 2
Hang more toys from the cord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hang | hang | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 toys | amod |
| 3 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hang | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 cord | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cord | det |
| 6 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hang | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | imperative | you not said here | more toys | the cord | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |
Option 3
Open the window to let the cord swing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 window | det |
| 3 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Open | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 let | mark |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Open | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 swing | det |
| 7 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swing | compound |
| 8 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | the window | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | ||||
| 2 | let | to-infinitive | you not said here | the cord swing | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swing=Theme |
Option 4
Give the baby the cord to play with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 baby | det |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cord | det |
| 5 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Give | advcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the baby | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent baby=Recipient cord=Theme | ||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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