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Test 9 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts. What would have helped?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: walk, sting, help · To what, where: stinging nettles

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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: You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts.

nsubjauxcaseamodoblcaseoblpunctrootYouPRONareAUXwalkingVERBnearADPstingingVERBnettlesNOUNinADPshortsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 walkingnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 walkingaux
3walkingwalkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4nearnearADP_6 nettlescase
5stingingstingVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 nettlesamod
6nettlesnettleNOUNNumber=Plur3 walkingobl
7ininADP_8 shortscase
8shortsshortNOUNNumber=Plur3 walkingobl
9..PUNCT_3 walkingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1walkpresent · progressiveYoustinging nettlesin shortsvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near nettle=Trajectory
2stinggerundvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 would have helped?

objauxauxpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXhaveAUXhelpedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 helpedobj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 helpedaux
3havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf4 helpedaux
4helpedhelpVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 helpedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helpwould · perfectvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Wearing long sleeves and long trousers

amodobjccamodconjrootWearingVERBlongADJsleevesNOUNandCCONJlongADJtrousersNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WearingwearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2longlongADJDegree=Pos3 sleevesamod
3sleevessleeveNOUNNumber=Plur1 Wearingobj
4andandCCONJ_6 trouserscc
5longlongADJDegree=Pos6 trousersamod
6trouserstrousersNOUNNumber=Plur3 sleevesconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1weargerundlong sleeves and long trousersvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sleeve=Source

Option 2

Running through them quickly

caseobladvmodrootRunningVERBthroughADPthemPRONquicklyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RunningrunVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2throughthroughADP_3 themcase
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Runningobl
4quicklyquicklyADV_1 Runningadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rungerundthrough them = they; quickly propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory

Option 3

Wearing sandals

objrootWearingVERBsandalsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WearingwearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2sandalssandalNOUNNumber=Plur1 Wearingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1weargerundsandalsvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sandal=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Touching them gently with one finger

objadvmodcasenummodoblrootTouchingVERBthemPRONgentlyADVwithADPoneNUMfingerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TouchingtouchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Touchingobj
3gentlygentlyADV_1 Touchingadvmod
4withwithADP_6 fingercase
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 fingernummod
6fingerfingerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Touchingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1touchgerundthem = theywith one finger; gently propertyvn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer with finger=Instrument

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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