Test 4 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests
A girl is stung after swatting at a bee. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this · What happens: sting, swat, show · To what, where: girl
This is test 4 · ★ 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 is stung after swatting at a bee.
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 | 4 stung | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stung | aux:pass |
| 4 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 swatting | mark |
| 6 | swatting | swat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 stung | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 bee | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bee | det |
| 9 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swatting | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | present · passive | a girl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | swat | gerund | at a bee | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at bee=Patient |
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 does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Bees only ever sting girls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sting | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 sting | advmod |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 sting | advmod |
| 4 | sting | sting | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | infinitive | Bees | girls | ever | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus girl=Experiencer |
Option 2
Swatting is the best way to stop a bee from stinging
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swatting | swat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stop | mark |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bee | det |
| 9 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stop | obj |
| 10 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 11 stinging | mark |
| 11 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 stop | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swat | gerund | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | the best way | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | stop | to-infinitive | a bee | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality bee=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Bees sting anyone who comes near their flowers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sting | nsubj |
| 2 | sting | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 sting | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 flowers | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 flowers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | present | Bees | anyone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anyone=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | come | present | Bees's flowers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near flower=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Bees sting when they feel threatened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sting | nsubj |
| 2 | sting | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 feel | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 feel | nsubj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sting | advcl |
| 6 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | present | Bees | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | feel | present | Bees = bee | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | threaten | participle | Bees = bee not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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