Test 3 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

Which statement is a myth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: be · To what, where: myth

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 myth	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 myth	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 myth	det
5	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 myth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	which statement	a myth					tree rules

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

Deadly mushrooms can look nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mushrooms	amod
2	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	can	Deadly mushrooms					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You must wait a full hour after any snack before swimming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 wait	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wait	aux
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hour	det
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hour	amod
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wait	obl:unmarked
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 snack	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 snack	det
9	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wait	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 swimming	mark
11	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	must	You				after any snack; hour		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	swim	gerund	You not said here						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A honeybee usually dies after stinging a person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 honeybee	det
2	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dies	nsubj
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	4 dies	advmod
4	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 stinging	mark
6	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dies	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stinging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	a honeybee					usually property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sting	gerund	a honeybee not said here	a person					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer

Option 4

Rubbing frozen skin can damage it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 damage	csubj
2	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 skin	amod
3	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rubbing	obj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 damage	aux
5	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 damage	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	rub	gerund		frozen skin	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
2	freeze	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	damage	can	Rubbing	skin	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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