Test 18 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

my mate swears he got warts from picking up a toad. probably just a myth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: swear, get, pick up · To what, where: myth, warts, toad

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	nsubj
3	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swears	ccomp
6	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 got	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 picking	mark
8	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 got	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 picking	compound:prt
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 toad	det
11	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picking	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct
13	probably	probably	ADV	_	16 myth	advmod
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 myth	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 myth	det
16	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	swear	present	my mate	a myth	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	get	past	mate	warts	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wart=Stimulus
3	pick up	gerund	mate not said here	a toad	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Topic

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

No, only if you kiss it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 kiss	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 kiss	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 kiss	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 kiss	nsubj
6	kiss	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kiss	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	present	you	it					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, toads always give warts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 give	advmod
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	toads	warts				always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, warts come from a human virus, not toads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 virus	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 virus	det
7	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 virus	amod
8	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 toads	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 toads	advmod
11	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 virus	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	warts			a human virus and toads			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from virus=Initial_Location

Option 4

No, but only frogs give warts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 give	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 frogs	advmod
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	frogs	warts					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme

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