Test 1 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

A girl in Kent sees her little brother pick up a purple foxglove flower and bring it to his mouth. What should she do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: see, pick up, bring, do · To what, where: little brother, purple foxglove flower, flower, mouth

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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 girl in Kent sees her little brother pick up a purple foxglove flower and bring it to his mouth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Kent	case
4	Kent	Kent	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brother	amod
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	obj
9	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 sees	parataxis
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 pick	compound:prt
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 flower	det
12	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 flower	amod
13	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flower	compound
14	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pick	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bring	cc
16	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 pick	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bring	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 mouth	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mouth	nmod:poss
20	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bring	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	see	present	a girl in Kent	girl's little brother		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus
2	pick up	infinitive		a purple foxglove flower		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Topic
3	bring	infinitive		flower	Kent's mouth	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mouth=Destination

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 she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	girl						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him to eat only the soft petals and spit out the rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 eat	mark
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 petals	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 petals	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 petals	amod
8	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spit	cc
10	spit	spit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 spit	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rest	det
13	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the soft petals		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petal=Patient
3	spit out	present	you not said here	the rest		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rest=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stop him and tell a grown-up, as foxglove is poisonous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stop	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grown	det
6	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 grown	compound
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 poisonous	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 poisonous	mark
11	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 poisonous	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 poisonous	cop
13	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a grown		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient
3	is	present	foxglove		poisonous property	tree rules

Option 3

Let him, because flowers in gardens are always safe to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safe	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 safe	mark
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 safe	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 gardens	case
7	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flowers	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 safe	advmod
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Let	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 eat	mark
12	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	present	flowers in gardens		always, safe property	tree rules
3	eat	to-infinitive	flowers in gardens not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell him to wash the flower under the tap first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wash	mark
4	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flower	det
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 tap	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tap	det
9	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obl
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wash not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the flower		the tap		first property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient

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