Test 1 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings
Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm. What is the wisest move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oliver, wisest move · What happens: see, be · To what, where: bee land, arm
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» 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: Oliver in Kent sees a bee land on his arm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Kent | case |
| 3 | Kent | Kent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Oliver | nmod |
| 4 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 6 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 land | compound |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sees | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 arm | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 arm | nmod:poss |
| 10 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 land | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Oliver in Kent | a bee land | Oliver's arm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=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 the wisest move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 move | det |
| 4 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wisest move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Blow hard on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Blow | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | it | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Keep still and calm and let it fly off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 calm | cc |
| 4 | calm | calm | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 let | cc |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 let | obj |
| 8 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 let | xcomp |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 fly | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | still | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | calm | infinitive | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fly off | infinitive | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Shake his arm wildly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 arm | nmod:poss |
| 3 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shake | obj |
| 4 | wildly | wildly | ADV | _ | 1 Shake | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | imperative | you not said here | his arm | wildly property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
Option 4
Slap it quickly before it gets a chance to sting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slap | slap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Slap | obj |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Slap | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Slap | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 chance | det |
| 8 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 sting | mark |
| 10 | sting | sting | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 chance | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slap | imperative | you not said here | it | quickly property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | get | present | it | a chance | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | sting | to-infinitive | a chance not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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