Test 2 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely
A girl in the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a waterfall from the cliff top. Why not?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, climb, see · To what, where: fence, waterfall, cliff top
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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 the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a waterfall from the cliff top.
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 | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 District | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 District | det |
| 5 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 District | compound |
| 6 | District | District | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 climb | mark |
| 9 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wants | xcomp |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 fence | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fence | det |
| 12 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 climb | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 see | mark |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 climb | advcl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 waterfall | det |
| 16 | waterfall | waterfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 see | obj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 top | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 top | det |
| 19 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 top | compound |
| 20 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 see | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl in the Lake District | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | climb not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in the Lake District not said here | a fence | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | a girl in the Lake District not said here | a waterfall | the cliff top | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer waterfall=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: Why not?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Why | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The edge can crumble and a fall could kill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 edge | det |
| 2 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crumble | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 crumble | aux |
| 4 | crumble | crumble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kill | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fall | det |
| 7 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kill | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 kill | aux |
| 9 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 crumble | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crumble | can | the edge | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | kill | could | a fall | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The waterfall always looks better from far away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 waterfall | det |
| 2 | waterfall | waterfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 looks | advmod |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 looks | xcomp |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 far | case |
| 7 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 looks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | the waterfall | always, away, good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
She might get her coat dirty on the wet fence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 coat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 fence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fence | det |
| 9 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fence | amod |
| 10 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dirty | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | might | She | her coat | dirty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coat=Stimulus |
Option 4
Fences like that are only meant for farm animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fences | fence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 that | case |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Fences | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 meant | aux:pass |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 meant | advmod |
| 6 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 animals | case |
| 8 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 animals | compound |
| 9 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · passive | Fences like that | for farm animals | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for animal=Attribute |
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