Test 3 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely
A family reaches a giant fallen tree across the trail. Which choice is safest?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, choice · What happens: reach, fall, be · To what, where: giant fallen tree, trail
This is test 3 · ★★ 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 family reaches a giant fallen tree across the trail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reaches | nsubj |
| 3 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 5 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tree | amod |
| 6 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 tree | amod |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reaches | obj |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 trail | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trail | det |
| 10 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reaches | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reaches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | present | a family | a giant fallen tree | the trail | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | |||
| 2 | fall | participle | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 choice is safest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 safest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safest | cop |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 safest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which choice | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Climb over the slippery trunk one by one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 trunk | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trunk | det |
| 4 | slippery | slippery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trunk | amod |
| 5 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obl |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Climb | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | one by one | the slippery trunk | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over trunk=Trajectory |
Option 2
Push the tree off the path together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 path | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 path | det |
| 6 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obl |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | imperative | you not said here | the tree | the path | together property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tree=Theme off path=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Find a safe way round or turn back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| 5 | round | round | ADV | _ | 1 Find | advmod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 turn | cc |
| 7 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Find | conj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 turn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | a safe way | round property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | |||
| 2 | turn back | infinitive | you not said here | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Crawl underneath the trunk on your tummy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawl | crawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | underneath | underneath | ADP | _ | 4 trunk | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 trunk | det |
| 4 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Crawl | nmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 tummy | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tummy | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trunk | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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