Test 2 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests
A boy in Oregon has wandered off the trail and cannot see anyone. Which plan is best?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: plan · What happens: wander off, not see, be · To what, where: boy, anyone
This is test 2 · ★ 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 boy in Oregon has wandered off the trail and cannot see anyone.
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 | 6 wandered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Oregon | case |
| 4 | Oregon | Oregon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wandered | aux |
| 6 | wandered | wander | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 trail | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trail | det |
| 9 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wandered | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 see | cc |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 see | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 see | advmod |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wandered | conj |
| 14 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 see | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wandered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander off | present · perfect · passive | a boy in Oregon | off the trail | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | anyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus |
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: Which plan is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which plan | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Climb the tallest tree he can find to look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 3 | tallest | tall | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 tree | amod |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 find | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 find | aux |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Climb | parataxis |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 look | mark |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 find | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the tallest tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | can | he | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Walk downhill until he finds a house or a road somewhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | downhill | downhill | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 finds | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 finds | nsubj |
| 5 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 road | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | conj |
| 11 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 finds | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | downhill property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | present | he | a house or a road | somewhere property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Topic |
Option 3
Keep shouting for help while running round in big circles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 help | case |
| 4 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shouting | obl |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 running | mark |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 shouting | advcl |
| 7 | round | round | ADV | _ | 6 running | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 circles | case |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 circles | amod |
| 10 | circles | circle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 running | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | you not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | run | gerund | you not said here | big circles | round property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay by one tree, blow his whistle three times and wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 tree | case |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 tree | nummod |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 blow | punct |
| 6 | blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 whistle | nmod:poss |
| 8 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blow | obj |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 times | nummod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 blow | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wait | cc |
| 12 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | by one tree | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tree=Location | ||||
| 2 | blow | infinitive | you not said here | his whistle | time | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient | |||
| 3 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | whistle | his = he | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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