Test 4 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility
Your aunt wants a parrot because it looks pretty. What should she do first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, parrot · What happens: want, look, do · To what, where: parrot
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» 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 aunt wants a parrot because it looks pretty.
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 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 parrot | det |
| 5 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 looks | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 looks | nsubj |
| 8 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | advcl |
| 9 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 8 looks | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Your aunt | a parrot | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot parrot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | present | parrot | pretty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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 she do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | aunt | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Get the parrot first and read about it later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 parrot | det |
| 3 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Get | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 read | cc |
| 6 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 read | obl |
| 9 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 read | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | the parrot | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parrot=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | read | infinitive | you not said here | about parrot; late property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
Choose a nice cage before thinking about the bird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cage | det |
| 3 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cage | amod |
| 4 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Choose | obj |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 thinking | mark |
| 6 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Choose | advcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thinking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | imperative | you not said here | a nice cage | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cage=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | gerund | you not said here | about the bird | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bird=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Learn what a parrot needs and find a good breeder or rescue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 needs | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | nsubj |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Learn | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 find | cc |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Learn | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 breeder | det |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 breeder | amod |
| 10 | breeder | breeder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 rescue | cc |
| 12 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 breeder | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | imperative | you not said here | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | need | present | a parrot | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | |||||
| 3 | find | infinitive | you not said here | a good breeder or rescue | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breeder=Topic |
Option 4
Buy one from the cheapest advert she can find online this week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Buy | obj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 advert | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 advert | det |
| 5 | cheapest | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 advert | amod |
| 6 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obl |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 find | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 find | aux |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Buy | parataxis |
| 10 | online | online | ADV | _ | 9 find | advmod |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | one | the cheapest advert | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme from advert=Source | |||
| 2 | find | can | she | week | online property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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