Test 15 · ★ · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo
Leo strokes the lambs at a farm and then wants his crisps. What first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo · What happens: stroke, want · To what, where: lambs, farm, crisps
This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» 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: Leo strokes the lambs at a farm and then wants his crisps.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 strokes | nsubj |
| 2 | strokes | stroke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lambs | det |
| 4 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 strokes | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 farm | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 farm | det |
| 7 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 strokes | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wants | cc |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 wants | advmod |
| 10 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 strokes | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 crisps | nmod:poss |
| 12 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 wants | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 strokes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stroke | present | Leo | the lambs | a farm | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | want | present | Leo not said here | Leo's crisps | then | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crisp=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 first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, lambs are clean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 lambs | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 clean | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clean | cop |
| 5 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing lambs | clean property | tree rules |
Option 2
Use the same hands, then wash later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hands | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hands | amod |
| 4 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wash | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 wash | advmod |
| 7 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | parataxis |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 wash | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the same hands | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 2 | wash | infinitive | then | late property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Wipe them on his trousers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wipe | wipe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wipe | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 trousers | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 trousers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | trousers | trousers | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wipe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe | imperative | you not said here | them = they | his trousers | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme on trousers=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Wash his hands with soap and water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hands | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wash | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 soap | case |
| 5 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wash | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 water | cc |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 soap | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | imperative | you not said here | his hands | with soap and water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with soap=Instrument |
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