Test 17 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table
did u hear a kid at the wedding was laughing with his mouth full and choked on a sausage and they had to do the hug thing on him?? real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, wedding, they · What happens: hear, laugh, choke, have, do · To what, where: kid, sausage, hug thing
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 6 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 10 laughing | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 laughing | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 laughing | aux |
| 10 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 hear | advcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 mouth | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 laughing | obl |
| 14 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 mouth | amod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 choked | cc |
| 16 | choked | choke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 full | conj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 sausage | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 sausage | det |
| 19 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 choked | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 had | cc |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 had | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 do | mark |
| 24 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 had | xcomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 thing | det |
| 26 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 thing | compound |
| 27 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 do | obj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 him | case |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 do | obl |
| 30 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 32 lesson | punct |
| 31 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 lesson | amod |
| 32 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 do | obl |
| 33 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | a kid | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | laugh | past · progressive | the wedding | with wedding's mouth | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | choke | participle | the wedding not said here | a sausage | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | have | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | do | to-infinitive | they not said here | the hug thing | on wedding; real lesson obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only eat sausages cut into tiny bits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 eat | advmod |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sausages | sausage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | obj |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sausages | acl |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 bits | case |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bits | amod |
| 7 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | sausages | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sausage=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cut | participle | sausages not said here | into tiny bits | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into bit=Patient |
Option 2
Never laugh at weddings at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 laugh | advmod |
| 2 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 weddings | case |
| 4 | weddings | wedding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 laugh | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not laugh | imperative | you not said here | weddings | at all | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Drink fizzy drinks to stop choking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fizzy | fizzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drinks | amod |
| 3 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Drink | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Drink | advcl |
| 6 | choking | choking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | fizzy drinks | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | you not said here | choking | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality choking=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Don't talk, laugh or run while eating, to avoid choking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 talk | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 talk | advmod |
| 3 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 laugh | punct |
| 5 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 talk | conj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 run | cc |
| 7 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 laugh | conj |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 eating | mark |
| 9 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 run | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 avoid | punct |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 avoid | mark |
| 12 | avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 talk | conj |
| 13 | choking | choking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | laugh | present | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | run | present | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | eat | gerund | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | avoid | to-infinitive | you not said here | choking | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent choking=Location |
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