Test 9 · ★ · Babies, button batteries and magnets
Mum's handbag is open on the floor with face cream inside. Why is that a worry with a baby nearby?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: handbag · What happens: be · To what, where: floor, worry
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» 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: Mum's handbag is open on the floor with face cream inside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handbag | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | handbag | handbag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 open | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 open | cop |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 floor | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 floor | det |
| 8 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 open | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 cream | case |
| 10 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cream | compound |
| 11 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 floor | nmod |
| 12 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 11 cream | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 open | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum's handbag | the floor with face cream | open property | 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: Why is that a worry with a baby nearby?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 worry | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 worry | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 worry | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 worry | det |
| 5 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 baby | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 baby | det |
| 8 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worry | nmod |
| 9 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 8 baby | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 worry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a worry | with a baby | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The baby will lose the bag somewhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lose | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lose | aux |
| 4 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bag | det |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lose | obj |
| 7 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 lose | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | future | the baby | the bag | somewhere property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The baby may eat the cream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 eat | aux |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cream | det |
| 6 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | may | the baby | the cream | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |
Option 3
The cream will melt on the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cream | det |
| 2 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 melt | aux |
| 4 | melt | melt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floor | det |
| 7 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | future | the cream | the floor | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The baby will be allergic to the bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allergic | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 allergic | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allergic | cop |
| 5 | allergic | allergic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 bag | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bag | det |
| 8 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allergic | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | the baby | to the bag; allergic property | tree rules |
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