Test 10 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings
wasp buzzing my lolly, swat it??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasp, you · What happens: buzz, swat · To what, where: lolly, wasp
This is test 10 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wasp | wasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swat | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | buzzing | buzz | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 wasp | acl |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lolly | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lolly | lolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buzzing | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 wasp | punct |
| 6 | swat | swat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 swat | obj |
| 8 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 6 swat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buzz | gerund | wasp not said here | my lolly | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lolly=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swat | imperative | you not said here | wasp | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, stay calm and move away slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 move | cc |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | conj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 move | advmod |
| 8 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 6 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | move away | infinitive | you not said here | away, slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Throw your drink at it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 drink | nmod:poss |
| 3 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | your drink | drink | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent drink=Theme at it=Destination |
Option 3
Yes, swat it hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 swat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | swat | swat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 swat | obj |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 swat | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swat | imperative | you not said here | it | hard property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, wave your arms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 wave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 arms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | imperative | you not said here | your arms | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
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