Test 3 · ★ · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom
On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler. What makes it safer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, hold, make · To what, where: lit sparkler, sparkler
This is test 3 · ★ 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: On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 Night | case |
| 2 | Bonfire | Bonfire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Night | compound |
| 3 | Night | Night | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 London | case |
| 5 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Night | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Night | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | nsubj |
| 9 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 hold | mark |
| 11 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wants | xcomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 sparkler | det |
| 13 | lit | lit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sparkler | amod |
| 14 | sparkler | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hold | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | on Bonfire Night in London | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | a lit sparkler | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparkler=Theme |
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 makes it safer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | sparkler | safe property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Gloves, arm's length, then into a bucket of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 length | punct |
| 3 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 length | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 arm | case |
| 5 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gloves | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bucket | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 bucket | advmod |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 bucket | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bucket | det |
| 10 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gloves | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bucket | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Dropping it on the lawn when it ends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dropping | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 ends | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Dropping | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 lawn | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lawn | det |
| 5 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dropping | obl |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 ends | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ends | nsubj |
| 8 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | gerund | it | the lawn | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lawn=Destination | ||||
| 2 | end | present | lawn | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Waving it near her friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waving | wave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Waving | obj |
| 3 | near | near | ADP | _ | 5 friends | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friends | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Waving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | gerund | it | near her friends | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Holding it close to her face so she can see the sparks well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 see | advcl |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Holding | obj |
| 3 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Holding | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | 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 | 3 close | obl |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 see | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sparks | det |
| 12 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 see | obj |
| 13 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | gerund | she not said here | it | close property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | can | she | the sparks | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spark=Stimulus |
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