Test 16 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

did u hear some guy burnt a pile of poison ivy in his yard and the smoke made him really sick? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, guy, smoke · What happens: hear, burnt, make · To what, where: real lesson, pile, guy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 guy	det
5	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burnt	nsubj
6	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pile	det
8	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burnt	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 ivy	case
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ivy	compound
11	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pile	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 yard	nmod:poss
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ivy	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 made	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 smoke	det
17	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	nsubj
18	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burnt	conj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 made	obj
20	really	really	ADV	_	21 sick	advmod
21	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 made	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	real lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	burnt	past	some guy	a pile of poison ivy in guy's yard		tree rules
3	make	past	the smoke	guy	sick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

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

Burning poison ivy is the safest way to get rid of it for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	csubj
2	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ivy	compound
3	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burning	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rid	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 good	case
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund		poison ivy		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme
2	is a	present	Burning	the safest way		tree rules
3	get	to-infinitive			for good; rid property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for good=Source

Option 2

Smoke cleans the oil off the plant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleans	nsubj
2	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oil	det
4	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleans	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 plant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plant	det
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleans	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	Smoke	the oil		the plant			vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent oil=Theme off plant=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never burn poison ivy; its oil gets into smoke and lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 burn	advmod
2	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ivy	compound
4	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burn	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 gets	punct
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	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 burn	advcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 smoke	case
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lungs	cc
12	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 smoke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not burn	imperative	you not said here	poison ivy					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme
2	get	present	ivy's oil			smoke and lungs			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into smoke=Destination

Option 4

Only touching it is a problem, not smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 touching	advmod
2	touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 problem	csubj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touching	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 problem	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 smoke	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 smoke	advmod
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problem	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund		it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	is a	present	touching	a problem and smoke					tree rules

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