Test 1 · ★ · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom
A boy in Auckland sees matches in the living room and his little brother reaching for them. What is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, little brother · What happens: see, reach, be · To what, where: matches, living room
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» 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 in Auckland sees matches in the living room and his little brother reaching for them.
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 | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Auckland | case |
| 4 | Auckland | Auckland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sees | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 9 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 room | compound |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 brother | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 brother | amod |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 room | conj |
| 15 | reaching | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 brother | acl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 them | case |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 reaching | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a boy in Auckland | matches | the living room and boy's little brother | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer match=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | reach | gerund | boy's little brother not said here | for room | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 best | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Hide them under the sofa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 sofa | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sofa | det |
| 5 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | them = they | the sofa | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient under sofa=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Take them out of reach and give them to a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 reach | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 reach | case |
| 5 | reach | reach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 give | cc |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 give | iobj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 up | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 up | det |
| 11 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 up | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 up | punct |
| 13 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | them = they | reach | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out reach=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | to a grown up | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to up=Recipient |
Option 3
Show his brother how to strike one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obj |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 strike | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 strike | mark |
| 6 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Show | ccomp |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 strike | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | his brother | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | strike | to-infinitive | one | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 4
Let his brother play with them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | his brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | his brother not said here | with them = they | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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