Test 1 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison
A boy in Kent has a red, stinging rash after running through a weedy field in shorts. What probably stung him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, red stinging rash · What happens: have, sting, run · To what, where: red stinging rash, weedy field, boy
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» 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 boy in Kent has a red, stinging rash after running through a weedy field in shorts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Kent | case |
| 4 | Kent | Kent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rash | det |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 rash | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 red | punct |
| 9 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 rash | amod |
| 10 | rash | rash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 11 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 running | mark |
| 12 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 rash | acl |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 field | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 field | det |
| 15 | weedy | weedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 field | amod |
| 16 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 running | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 shorts | case |
| 18 | shorts | short | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 field | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a boy in Kent | a red stinging rash | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rash=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | run | gerund | a red stinging rash not said here | a weedy field in shorts | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through field=Trajectory |
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 probably stung him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 stung | obj |
| 2 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 3 stung | advmod |
| 3 | stung | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stung | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 stung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | past | boy | probably property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer he=Result |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stinging nettles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 nettles | amod |
| 2 | nettles | nettle | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Dandelions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dandelions | dandelion | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Long dry grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grass | amod |
| 2 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grass | amod |
| 3 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Daisies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daisies | daisy | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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