Test 1 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground
A girl in Brisbane goes to the outdoor toilet at her grandparents' farm. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: go, do · To what, where: farm
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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 Brisbane goes to the outdoor toilet at her grandparents' farm.
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 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Brisbane | case |
| 4 | Brisbane | Brisbane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 toilet | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 toilet | det |
| 8 | outdoor | outdoor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 toilet | amod |
| 9 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 farm | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 grandparents | nmod:poss |
| 12 | grandparents | grandparent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 farm | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 12 grandparents | case |
| 14 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | a girl in Brisbane | girl's grandparents's farm | to the outdoor toilet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to toilet=Initial_Location |
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 should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Turn off the light so spiders cannot see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 light | det |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 6 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 see | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 see | advmod |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Turn | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | imperative | you not said here | the light | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | spiders | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Check under the seat for spiders first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 seat | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 seat | det |
| 4 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 spiders | case |
| 6 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Check | obl |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Check | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the seat | for spiders; first property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent under seat=Location for spider=Theme |
Option 3
Sit down quickly so the spiders run away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Sit | compound:prt |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Sit | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 run | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spiders | det |
| 6 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 run | nsubj |
| 7 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sit | advcl |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit down | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | run away | present | the spiders | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, spiders never come near toilets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 come | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 come | advmod |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | near | near | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | toilets | toilet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come | present | Nothing | toilets | near property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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