Test 8 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets
A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly. Why should he?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, glasses · What happens: not want, wear, look · To what, where: safety glasses
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» 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: A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 want | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 club | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 club | det |
| 5 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 club | compound |
| 6 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 want | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 want | advmod |
| 9 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 wear | mark |
| 11 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 want | xcomp |
| 12 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 glasses | compound |
| 13 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 wear | obj |
| 14 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 look | mark |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 look | nsubj |
| 16 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 want | advcl |
| 17 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 look | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | present · do-support | a boy at a science club | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wear not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy at a science club not said here | safety glasses | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source | ||||
| 3 | look | present | glasses = glass | silly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: 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: Why should he?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 he | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The teacher just likes everyone to look the same in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 likes | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 likes | advmod |
| 4 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 likes | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 look | mark |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 likes | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 same | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 look | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 class | case |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | the teacher | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look not said to happen | to-infinitive | the teacher not said here | the same | class | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They are only needed for adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 needed | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 needed | advmod |
| 4 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 adults | case |
| 6 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · passive | They | for adults | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A splash of chemicals could damage his eyes for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 splash | det |
| 2 | splash | splash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 damage | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 chemicals | case |
| 4 | chemicals | chemical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 splash | nmod |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 damage | aux |
| 6 | damage | damage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 damage | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 damage | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | damage | could | a splash of chemicals | splash's eyes | for life | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||
| 2 | splash | chemicals | nom splash «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
Safety glasses help him see colours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glasses | compound |
| 2 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 help | nsubj |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 help | xcomp |
| 6 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Safety glasses | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | him = he not said here | colours | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |
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