Test 3 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing
Your classmate's hearing aid falls on the floor. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hearing aid, you · What happens: fall, do · To what, where: floor
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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: Your classmate's hearing aid falls on the floor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 classmate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aid | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 classmate | case |
| 4 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aid | compound |
| 5 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 falls | nsubj |
| 6 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 falls | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 falls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Your classmate's hearing aid | the floor | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell your classmate or the teacher and let them pick it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 classmate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 teacher | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 classmate | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 let | cc |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| 10 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pick | obj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 pick | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | your classmate or the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent classmate=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | classmate | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pick up | infinitive | classmate not said here | teacher | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
Kick it to the side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Kick | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 side | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 side | det |
| 5 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | it | to the side result | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to side=Result |
Option 3
Put it in your own ear to test it
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 ear | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ear | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ear | amod |
| 6 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 test | mark |
| 8 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Put | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 test | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | your own ear | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in ear=Destination | |||
| 2 | test | to-infinitive | you not said here | ear | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Keep it as a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 joke | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | as a joke | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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