Test 7 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground
Your friend wants to sniff an old bottle found in the woods. What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: want, sniff, find, say · To what, where: old bottle, woods · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Your friend wants to sniff an old bottle found in the woods.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sniff | mark |
| 5 | sniff | sniff | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bottle | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bottle | amod |
| 8 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sniff | obj |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 bottle | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 woods | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 woods | det |
| 12 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 found | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Your friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sniff not said to happen | to-infinitive | Your friend not said here | a old bottle | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | participle | a old bottle not said here | the woods | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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 do you say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, it may contain a dangerous chemical
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 contain | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 contain | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 contain | aux |
| 5 | contain | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 chemical | det |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chemical | amod |
| 8 | chemical | chemical | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contain | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | may | it | a dangerous chemical | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot chemical=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, if it has a label on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 has | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 label | det |
| 7 | label | label | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 label | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | it | a label | label | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, smelling it is safe if you do not drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 safe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | smelling | smell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 safe | csubj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 smelling | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 safe | cop |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 drink | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 drink | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 drink | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 drink | advmod |
| 11 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 safe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | gerund | it | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | present | smelling | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not drink a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only if it smells like juice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 smells | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 smells | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 smells | nsubj |
| 4 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 juice | case |
| 6 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | present | it | like juice | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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