Test 1 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms
A girl in Leeds sees a puddle across the whole footpath, brown and muddy. What is wisest?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: see, be · To what, where: puddle, whole footpath
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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 Leeds sees a puddle across the whole footpath, brown and muddy.
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 | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Leeds | case |
| 4 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 puddle | det |
| 7 | puddle | puddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obj |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 11 footpath | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 footpath | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 footpath | amod |
| 11 | footpath | footpath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 brown | punct |
| 13 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 footpath | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 muddy | cc |
| 15 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 brown | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Leeds | a puddle | the whole footpath | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puddle=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: What is wisest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wisest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wisest | cop |
| 3 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wisest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Jump straight in, since footpaths are always flat underneath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 3 in | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 flat | punct |
| 5 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 flat | mark |
| 6 | footpaths | footpath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 flat | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 flat | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 flat | advmod |
| 9 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jump | conj |
| 10 | underneath | underneath | ADV | _ | 9 flat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | footpaths | always, flat, underneath property | tree rules |
Option 2
Wade in slowly to test the depth with her feet first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wade | Wade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 test | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 test | advmod |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 test | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 test | mark |
| 5 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 depth | det |
| 7 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 test | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 feet | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 feet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 test | obl |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 test | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | to-infinitive | Wade | the depth | with Wade's feet; first, slowly property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depth=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Go around it, because she cannot see what is under the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | around | around | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 see | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 see | advmod |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | conj |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 see | obj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 what | cop |
| 12 | under | under | ADP | _ | 14 water | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 water | det |
| 14 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | it | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme around it=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | she | the water | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | tree rules |
Option 4
Run through it fast so she gets less wet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Run | obl |
| 4 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Run | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 gets | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| 8 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 wet | advmod |
| 9 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | it | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | get | present | she | wet property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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