Test 4 · ★ · Chores and broken things
Sam drops a jar in the kitchen in Sydney while his baby sister crawls nearby. What matters most first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, baby sister · What happens: drop, crawl, matter · To what, where: jar, kitchen
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» 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: Sam drops a jar in the kitchen in Sydney while his baby sister crawls nearby.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 drops | nsubj |
| 2 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 jar | det |
| 4 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drops | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 kitchen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kitchen | det |
| 7 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drops | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Sydney | case |
| 9 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 kitchen | nmod |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 crawls | mark |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sister | nmod:poss |
| 12 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sister | compound |
| 13 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 crawls | nsubj |
| 14 | crawls | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 drops | advcl |
| 15 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 14 crawls | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 drops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | Sam | a jar | the kitchen in Sydney | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jar=Theme in kitchen=Destination | |||
| 2 | crawl | present | Sam's baby sister | nearby property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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: What matters most first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 first | advmod |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 matters | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 matters | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | first property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Saving the jam that spilled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saving | save | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 jam | det |
| 3 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saving | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 spilled | nsubj |
| 5 | spilled | spill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 jam | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | gerund | the jam | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jam=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spill | past | the jam | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Keeping his sister and the pets away from the glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 pets | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pets | det |
| 6 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sister | conj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keeping | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 glass | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 glass | det |
| 10 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | his sister and the pets | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme |
Option 3
Finding out how much the jar cost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Finding | compound:prt |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cost | amod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 jar | det |
| 6 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cost | compound |
| 7 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Finding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | gerund | much jar cost | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Topic |
Option 4
Sweeping it all away barefoot before anyone in the house sees the mess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweeping | sweep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 sees | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sweeping | obj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 barefoot | det |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 barefoot | advmod |
| 5 | barefoot | barefoot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sweeping | obj |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Sweeping | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 house | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 house | det |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 anyone | nmod |
| 11 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 mess | det |
| 13 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep | gerund | it | before anyone | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme barefoot=Destination | ||||
| 2 | see | present | Sweeping | the mess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mess=Stimulus |
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