Test 18 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

my cousin says wet leaves on the path are no big deal, only ice is slippy. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, wet leaves, ice · What happens: say, be · To what, where: big deal · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leaves	amod
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 deal	nsubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 path	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	nmod
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 deal	cop
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 deal	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deal	amod
12	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 slippy	punct
14	only	only	ADV	_	17 slippy	advmod
15	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 slippy	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 slippy	cop
17	slippy	slippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deal	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 deal	punct
19	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	wet leaves on the path	no big deal		tree rules
3	is	present	ice		slippy property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

No, but only in spring when the new leaves fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 spring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spring	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 spring	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 spring	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 spring	case
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 fall	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 leaves	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaves	amod
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fall	nsubj
11	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spring	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the new leaves						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, wet leaves give your shoes more grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 leaves	amod
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shoes	nmod:poss
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 grip	amod
9	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	wet leaves	your shoes					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Recipient grip=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, only snow and ice are ever slippery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 slippery	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 snow	advmod
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slippery	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ice	cc
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snow	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 slippery	cop
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 slippery	advmod
9	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	snow and ice				ever	slippery property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, wet leaves can be as slippery as ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 slippery	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 leaves	amod
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 slippery	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 slippery	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 slippery	cop
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 slippery	advmod
8	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 ice	case
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slippery	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	wet leaves					as ice; slippery property	tree rules

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