Test 6 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

A boy wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort. What is a better idea?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: want, tear, make, be · To what, where: branches, fort, better idea

This is test 6 · ★ 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 wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort.

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	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tear	mark
5	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tear	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	11 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
10	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tear	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tear	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fort	det
15	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	a boy			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	tear not said to happen	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	branches	off a young living tree	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient off tree=Co-Patient
3	make	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	a fort		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fort=Product

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 is a better idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 idea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a better idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Take branches from the very top of the tree so that nobody notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 top	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 top	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 top	advmod
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 top	nmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 notices	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 notices	nsubj
13	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	branches		the top of the tree			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent branch=Theme from top=Initial_Location
2	notice	present	nobody						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Use fallen sticks, because living trees are homes and take years to grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sticks	amod
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 homes	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 homes	mark
6	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 trees	amod
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 homes	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 homes	cop
9	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 take	cc
11	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 grow	mark
14	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	fallen sticks		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient
2	fall	participle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	live	gerund				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present	living trees	homes		tree rules
5	take	present	you not said here		year	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	grow	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Take only the green branches, because they bend easily and grow back by next week

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 branches	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 branches	det
4	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 branches	amod
5	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bend	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 bend	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bend	nsubj
9	bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
10	easily	easily	ADV	_	9 bend	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grow	cc
12	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 grow	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 week	case
15	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 week	amod
16	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the green branches			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme
2	bend	present	branches = branch			easily property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow back	infinitive	you not said here		week		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Peel the bark off first so the branches are easier to snap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peel	peel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bark	det
3	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Peel	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Peel	compound:prt
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Peel	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 easier	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 branches	det
8	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 easier	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 easier	cop
10	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Peel	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 snap	mark
12	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 easier	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	peel off	imperative	you not said here	the bark	first property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Source
2	is	present	the branches		easy property	tree rules
3	snap	to-infinitive	the branches not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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