Test 9 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings
Your cousin dares you to drink a little washing-up liquid. What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, you · What happens: dare, drink, say · To what, where: you, little washing liquid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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 cousin dares you to drink a little washing-up liquid.
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dares | nsubj |
| 3 | dares | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 dares | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 drink | mark |
| 6 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dares | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 liquid | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 liquid | amod |
| 9 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 liquid | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 washing | compound |
| 12 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drink | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dares | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare | present | Your cousin | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | drink | to-infinitive | Your cousin not said here | a little washing liquid | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Patient |
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 do you say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, cleaning products can burn your throat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 burn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | cleaning | cleaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 products | compound |
| 4 | products | product | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 burn | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 burn | aux |
| 6 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 throat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | can | cleaning products | your throat | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent throat=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, a little is harmless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 little | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 little | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 harmless | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 harmless | cop |
| 6 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a little obl:unmarked; harmless property | tree rules |
Option 3
Only if you add sugar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 add | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 add | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 add | nsubj |
| 4 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 add | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | you | sugar | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Only if you drink water first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 drink | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 drink | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 drink | nsubj |
| 4 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drink | obj |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 drink | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | you | water | first property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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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