Test 8 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests
A storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead branches. What should they do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: storm, family, branches · What happens: come, picnic, do · To what, where: old tree
This is test 8 · ★ 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 storm is coming while a family picnics under an old tree with dead branches.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 picnics | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 family | det |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 picnics | nsubj |
| 8 | picnics | picnic | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | advcl |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tree | amod |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 picnics | obl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 branches | case |
| 14 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 branches | amod |
| 15 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 tree | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | a storm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | picnic | present | a family | a old tree with dead branches | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 they 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 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur 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 | branches = branch | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Stay right under it, as it gives shelter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 it | advmod |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 gives | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 gives | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gives | nsubj |
| 8 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 9 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under it=Location | ||||
| 2 | give | present | it | shelter | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme |
Option 2
Tie the dead branches together with rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 branches | det |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 branches | amod |
| 4 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tie | obj |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Tie | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 rope | case |
| 7 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | imperative | you not said here | the dead branches | with rope; together property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient with rope=Co-Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Move away from the tree straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 tree | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | imperative | you not said here | the tree | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory |
Option 4
Climb it to get a better view of the storm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Climb | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Climb | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 view | det |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 view | amod |
| 7 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 storm | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 storm | det |
| 10 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 view | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | it | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | a better view of the storm | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | view | the storm | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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