Test 9 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones
Your brother grabs your favourite toy car. Which choice solves the problem best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, choice · What happens: grab, solve · To what, where: favourite toy car, problem
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your brother grabs your favourite toy car.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grabs | nsubj |
| 3 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 car | nmod:poss |
| 5 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 car | amod |
| 6 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 car | compound |
| 7 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grabs | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grabs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | present | Your brother | your favourite toy car | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=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: Which choice solves the problem best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 solves | nsubj |
| 3 | solves | solve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 solves | obj |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 problem | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 solves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solve | present | which choice | the problem best | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Push him over to get it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Push | obj |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 1 Push | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Push | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push over | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
Scream until he cries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scream | scream | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 4 cries | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cries | nsubj |
| 4 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Scream | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | he | Scream not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask him to give it back and offer to take turns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 offer | cc |
| 8 | offer | offer | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 take | mark |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 offer | xcomp |
| 11 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give back not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | offer | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | turns | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |
Option 4
Break his toy as well so that he knows how it feels to lose one
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Break | break | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 toy | nmod:poss |
| 3 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Break | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 1 Break | advmod |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 as | fixed |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 knows | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Break | advcl |
| 10 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 feels | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 feels | nsubj |
| 12 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 knows | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 lose | mark |
| 14 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 feels | xcomp |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | imperative | you not said here | his toy | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toy=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know | present | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | feel | present | toy | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | lose | to-infinitive | toy not said here | one | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |
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