Test 17 · ★ · Sharing, sleep and safe food
my nan swears a boy at her church went swimming right after his dinner and got a cramp and drowned. so u have to wait an hour??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, church, u · What happens: swear, go, swim, get, drown, have · To what, where: boy, cramp
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 209 «Sharing, sleep and safe food» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swears | nsubj |
| 3 | swears | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swears | obj |
| 6 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 9 went | mark |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 church | nmod:poss |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swears | ccomp |
| 10 | swimming | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 went | xcomp |
| 11 | right | right | ADV | _ | 14 dinner | advmod |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 dinner | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 14 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 swimming | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 got | cc |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 went | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 cramp | det |
| 18 | cramp | cramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 drowned | cc |
| 20 | drowned | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 got | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 swears | punct |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 have | advmod |
| 23 | u | u | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 have | nsubj |
| 24 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 swears | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 wait | mark |
| 26 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 have | xcomp |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 hour | det |
| 28 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wait | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 swears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | present | my nan | a boy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | past | nan's church | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | swim | gerund | nan's church not said here | after church's dinner | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | get | past | nan's church not said here | a cramp | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cramp=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | drown | past | nan's church not said here | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | have | present | u | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | wait | to-infinitive | u not said here | hour | vn exist-47.1 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No good evidence for that; the real rule is swim where an adult watches
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 evidence | det |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 evidence | amod |
| 3 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swim | nsubj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 evidence | nmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 swim | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rule | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rule | amod |
| 9 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swim | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 swim | cop |
| 11 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 watches | advmod |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 adult | det |
| 14 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 watches | nsubj |
| 15 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 swim | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no good evidence for that | swim property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | watch | present | a adult | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, but only after a big dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 dinner | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 dinner | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 dinner | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 dinner | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dinner | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dinner | amod |
| 8 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, and don't drink water before either
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 drink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 drink | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 drink | cc |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 drink | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 drink | advmod |
| 6 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drink | obj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 either | case |
| 9 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 6 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not drink | imperative · do-support | you not said here | water | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, always wait a full hour after eating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wait | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 wait | advmod |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hour | det |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hour | amod |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wait | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 eating | mark |
| 9 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | hour | always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | eat | gerund | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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