Test 12 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings
got stung, now his face is swelling n can't breathe
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: face, swelling · What happens: sting, swell, not breathe · To what, where: n
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stung | aux:pass |
| 2 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 swelling | punct |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 swelling | advmod |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 face | nmod:poss |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swelling | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 swelling | aux |
| 8 | swelling | swell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 breathe | csubj |
| 9 | n | n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swelling | obj |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 breathe | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 breathe | advmod |
| 12 | breathe | breathe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stung | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | past · passive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||||
| 2 | swell | present · progressive | his face | n | now | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient n=Extent | |||
| 3 | not breathe | can | swelling | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Emergency, call for help now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Emergency | punct |
| 3 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 help | case |
| 5 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | obl |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 call | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | now | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 2
Just a cold pack is enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 6 enough | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pack | det |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pack | amod |
| 4 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 enough | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 enough | cop |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a cold pack | enough property | tree rules |
Option 3
Wait a few hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hours | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hours | amod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wait | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | hour | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Give him a cold drink and wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 drink | det |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 drink | amod |
| 5 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wait | cc |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a cold drink | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme | |||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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