Test 10 · ★★ · Anger and fears
A boy is scared of deep water. Which plan builds courage safely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, plan · What happens: be, build · To what, where: courage
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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 is scared of deep water.
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 | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | cop |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a boy | of deep water; scared property | tree rules |
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: Which plan builds courage safely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 builds | nsubj |
| 3 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 builds | obj |
| 5 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 3 builds | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 builds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | which plan | courage | safely property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset courage=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Avoiding all water for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoiding | avoid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Avoiding | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 good | case |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Avoiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | gerund | all water | for good | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent water=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Small steps with a teacher, with an adult always watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 steps | amod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 watching | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 teacher | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steps | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adult | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 adult | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 watching | nsubj |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 watching | advmod |
| 11 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | Small steps with a teacher | always property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Going to the deep end with no one around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 end | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 end | det |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 end | amod |
| 5 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Going | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Going | obl |
| 9 | around | around | ADV | _ | 1 Going | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | to the deep end | with no one; around property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Jumping off the end of the pier into the sea, alone and quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 end | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 end | det |
| 4 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jumping | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pier | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pier | det |
| 7 | pier | pier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 end | nmod |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 sea | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jumping | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 alone | punct |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Jumping | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 quickly | cc |
| 14 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 12 alone | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump off | gerund | the end of the pier | the sea | alone property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent end=Theme into sea=Trajectory |
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