Test 8 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison
A girl in Arizona wants to stroke a fuzzy-looking cactus. What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, stroke, look, be · To what, where: looking cactus
This is test 8 · ★ 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 girl in Arizona wants to stroke a fuzzy-looking cactus.
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 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Arizona | case |
| 4 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stroke | mark |
| 7 | stroke | stroke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cactus | det |
| 9 | fuzzy | fuzzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 looking | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 fuzzy | punct |
| 11 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 cactus | amod |
| 12 | cactus | cactus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stroke | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl in Arizona | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stroke not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in Arizona not said here | a looking cactus | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cactus=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | look | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | 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
Wear thin socks on her hands first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 socks | amod |
| 3 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wear | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 hands | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wear | obl |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Wear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | thin socks | her hands | first property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |
Option 2
Stroke it gently in the direction of the spines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stroke | stroke | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stroke | obj |
| 3 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 1 Stroke | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 direction | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 direction | det |
| 6 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stroke | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spines | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spines | det |
| 9 | spines | spine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 direction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stroke | imperative | you not said here | it | the direction of the spines | gently property | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Touch it, because fuzzy cacti have no spines at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Touch | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 have | mark |
| 5 | fuzzy | fuzzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cacti | amod |
| 6 | cacti | cactus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Touch | advcl |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 spines | det |
| 9 | spines | spine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | imperative | you not said here | it | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | fuzzy cacti | no spines | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spine=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Just look; even fuzzy cacti have spines that stick in skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 look | advmod |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 cacti | advmod |
| 5 | fuzzy | fuzzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cacti | amod |
| 6 | cacti | cactus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 look | conj |
| 8 | spines | spine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 stick | nsubj |
| 10 | stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 spines | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 skin | case |
| 12 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | have | present | fuzzy cacti | spines | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spine=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stick | present | spines | skin | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in skin=Destination |
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