Test 7 · ★★ · First aid, medicine and the sun
A girl in Perth puts sunscreen on only when she arrives at the beach and starts swimming. What would be better?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: put, arrive, start, be · To what, where: sunscreen, beach, swimming
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 210 «First aid, medicine and the sun» 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 girl in Perth puts sunscreen on only when she arrives at the beach and starts swimming.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 puts | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Perth | case |
| 4 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sunscreen | sunscreen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 puts | obj |
| 7 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 11 arrives | mark |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 arrives | advmod |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 arrives | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 arrives | nsubj |
| 11 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 puts | advcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 beach | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 beach | det |
| 14 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 arrives | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 starts | cc |
| 16 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 puts | conj |
| 17 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 starts | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 puts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | a girl in Perth | sunscreen | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sunscreen=Goal | ||||
| 2 | arrive | present | girl | the beach | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | start | present | a girl in Perth not said here | swimming | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimming=Eventuality |
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 would be better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 better | obl |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 better | cop |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 better | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Use it only on her face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 face | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 face | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 face | nmod:poss |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | it | her face | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
Put it on after swimming, when her skin is dry again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 swimming | mark |
| 5 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Put | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 dry | punct |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 dry | mark |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 skin | nmod:poss |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dry | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 dry | cop |
| 11 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Put | parataxis |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 dry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put on | imperative | you not said here | it | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ||||
| 2 | swim | gerund | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | her skin | again | dry property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Put it on about 20 minutes before going out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 minutes | case |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 20 | advmod |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 going | mark |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Put | advcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 going | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | minute | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | |||
| 2 | go out | gerund | you not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Use none, since she is in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 water | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 water | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 water | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 water | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | none | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | the water | tree rules |
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