Test 6 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up
On a spring day in Dublin it is cold in the morning and warm later. What should you wear?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, you · What happens: be, wear
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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: On a spring day in Dublin it is cold in the morning and warm later.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 day | compound |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cold | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Dublin | case |
| 6 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 day | nmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cold | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 cold | cop |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 morning | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 morning | det |
| 12 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cold | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 warm | cc |
| 14 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cold | conj |
| 15 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 warm | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 cold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | day; morning | cold property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | late 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: What should you wear?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 wear | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wear | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 wear | nsubj |
| 4 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | should | you | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
One heavy winter coat all day, just to be safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 coat | nummod |
| 2 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coat | amod |
| 3 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coat | compound |
| 4 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coat | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 safe | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 safe | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 safe | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 safe | cop |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coat | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | to-infinitive | safe property | tree rules |
Option 2
Whatever your friends are wearing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 wearing | obj |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friends | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wearing | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wearing | aux |
| 5 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present · progressive | your friends | Whatever | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent whatever=Source |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Layers you can take off as it warms up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Layers | acl:relcl |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 take | compound:prt |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 warms | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 warms | nsubj |
| 8 | warms | warm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | advcl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 warms | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | can | you | Layers not said here | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | warm up | present | it | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Only a T-shirt, since it will be warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 shirt | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 shirt | det |
| 3 | T | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shirt | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 T | punct |
| 5 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 warm | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shirt | punct |
| 7 | since | since | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shirt | nmod |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 warm | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 warm | cop |
| 11 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | a T shirt since it | warm property | tree rules |
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