Test 6 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground
A park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants». What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: park sign, you · What happens: say, not remove, do · To what, where: rocks · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sign | det |
| 2 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sign | compound |
| 3 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Zealand | case |
| 5 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Zealand | flat |
| 6 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sign | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 remove | punct |
| 9 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 remove | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 remove | advmod |
| 11 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 says | ccomp |
| 12 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 remove | obj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 plants | cc |
| 14 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 rocks | conj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 remove | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a park sign in New Zealand | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not remove in a quote | infinitive · do-support | rocks or plants | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=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.
Sentence 2: What should you 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 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 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 | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Take them if they are for a school project about rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 project | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 project | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 project | cop |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 project | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 project | det |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 project | compound |
| 9 | project | project | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | advcl |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 rocks | case |
| 11 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 project | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | they | for a school project; about rocks | tree rules |
Option 2
Take them, as long as nobody is watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 long | punct |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Take | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 watching | mark |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 watching | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 watching | aux |
| 9 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | them = they | long property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 2 | watch | present · progressive | nobody | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave the stones there and take a photo instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stones | det |
| 3 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 take | cc |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 photo | det |
| 8 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 6 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the stones | there | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | |||
| 2 | take | infinitive | you not said here | a photo | instead property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
Option 4
Take just one big rock, because one does not count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 rock | advmod |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 rock | nummod |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rock | amod |
| 5 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 count | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 count | mark |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 count | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 count | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 count | advmod |
| 11 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | one big rock | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not count | present · do-support | one | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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