Test 2 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

Why do pins on the floor matter more in a house with a toddler or a puppy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pins · What happens: matter · To what, where: more

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 matter	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	aux
3	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 matter	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pins	nmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 matter	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 more	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 toddler	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 toddler	det
14	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 puppy	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 puppy	det
17	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 toddler	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present · do-support	pins on the floor	more					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.

The options

Option 1

Pins are only dangerous to grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 ups	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grown	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pins					to grown ups; dangerous property	tree rules
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toddlers and puppies like the shiny colour and want to play with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 want	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 puppies	cc
3	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Toddlers	conj
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 colour	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 colour	det
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colour	amod
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puppies	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	1 Toddlers	cc
9	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 play	mark
11	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 want	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Toddlers and puppies like the shiny colour						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toddlers and puppies like the shiny colour not said here					with Toddlers = toddler	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They might swallow them as well as step on them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swallow	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swallow	aux
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swallow	obj
5	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	8 step	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 as	fixed
7	as	as	ADP	_	5 as	fixed
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallow	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swallow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	might	They	them = they				on them = they	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

Pins grow sharper on carpets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sharper	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 grow	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 carpets	case
5	carpets	carpet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Pins			carpets		sharp property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on carpet=Location

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