Test 6 · ★ · Sharing, sleep and safe food
You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants grapes. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, old cousin · What happens: babysit, want, do · To what, where: grapes
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants grapes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 babysitting | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 babysitting | aux |
| 3 | babysitting | babysit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Grandma | case |
| 5 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 babysitting | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 wants | cc |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 year | nummod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 two | punct |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 old | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 year | punct |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cousin | amod |
| 13 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wants | nsubj |
| 14 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 babysitting | conj |
| 15 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wants | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 babysitting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | babysit | present · progressive | You | with Grandma | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | want | present | your old cousin | grapes | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot grape=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 do you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Give him whole grapes, as they are soft enough to chew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 grapes | amod |
| 4 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 soft | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 soft | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 soft | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 soft | cop |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Give | conj |
| 10 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 9 soft | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 chew | mark |
| 12 | chew | chew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 soft | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | whole grapes | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient grape=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | grapes = grape | enough, soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | chew | to-infinitive | grapes = grape not said here | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Give him hard sweets instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sweets | amod |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | hard sweets | him = he | instead property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sweet=Theme |
Option 3
Give a handful so he eats fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 handful | det |
| 3 | handful | handful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 eats | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 eats | nsubj |
| 6 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | advcl |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 eats | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a handful | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | he | fast property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask Grandma to cut them lengthways first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cut | mark |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cut | obj |
| 6 | lengthways | lengthways | ADV | _ | 4 cut | advmod |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 cut | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | Grandma | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent grandma=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cut not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | them = they | first, lengthways property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
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