Test 3 · ★ · Reading faces and voices
In the park, an adult starts yelling at people and walking unsteadily. What should a child do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: adult, child · What happens: start, yell, walk, do · To what, where: park
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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: In the park, an adult starts yelling at people and walking unsteadily.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 park | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 park | det |
| 3 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 starts | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 park | punct |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 starts | nsubj |
| 7 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | yelling | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 starts | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 yelling | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 walking | cc |
| 12 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 yelling | conj |
| 13 | unsteadily | unsteadily | ADV | _ | 12 walking | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | a adult | the park | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | gerund | a adult not said here | at people | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at people=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | walk | gerund | a adult not said here | unsteadily property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What should a child do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 child | det |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | a child | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Keep away and find a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 find | cc |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 6 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 adult | amod |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | find | infinitive | you not said here | a trusted adult | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Topic | ||||
| 3 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Go close to film it on a phone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 film | mark |
| 4 | film | film | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 film | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 phone | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 phone | det |
| 8 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 film | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | close property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | film | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | a phone | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on phone=Destination |
Option 3
Walk over and ask what is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | over | over | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ask | cc |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | cop |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ask | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk over | imperative | you not said here | over property | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tell the adult loudly to go home now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the adult | loudly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | |||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | you not said here | now | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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