Test 10 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

dad wants to burn the poison ivy we pulled up

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, we · What happens: want, burn, pull up · To what, where: poison ivy

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 burn	mark
4	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ivy	det
6	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ivy	compound
7	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burn	obj
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 pulled	nsubj
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ivy	acl:relcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 pulled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	dad		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	burn not said to happen	to-infinitive	dad not said here	the poison ivy	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme
3	pull up	past	we	the poison ivy not said here	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivy=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, burning kills it safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 kills	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 burning	punct
3	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kills	nsubj
4	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kills	obj
6	safely	safely	ADV	_	4 kills	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	kill	present		it				safely property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Yes, if he stands back a bit from the smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stands	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 stands	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stands	nsubj
5	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 stands	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stands	obl:unmarked
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 smoke	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 smoke	det
11	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand back	present	he	a bit from the smoke					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Only on a windy day so the smoke blows away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 day	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 day	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 day	det
4	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 day	amod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blows	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 blows	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 smoke	det
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blows	nsubj
9	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 blows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow away	present	the smoke				day	away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the smoke carries its oil into the lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 carries	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smoke	det
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carries	nsubj
5	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 oil	nmod:poss
7	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carries	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 lungs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lungs	det
10	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the smoke	smoke's oil		the lungs			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme

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