Test 9 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones
Your little brother has slime in his mouth. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother · What happens: have, be · To what, where: slime, mouth
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» 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: Your little brother has slime in his mouth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 mouth | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slime | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Your little brother | slime | brother's mouth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slime=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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Slime is safe to eat as long as it is homemade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 eat | mark |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 safe | xcomp |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 long | advmod |
| 7 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 eat | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 homemade | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 homemade | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 homemade | cop |
| 11 | homemade | homemade | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Slime | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | Slime not said here | long property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | Slime | homemade property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Slime is not food and can upset his stomach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 food | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 food | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 food | advmod |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 upset | cc |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 upset | aux |
| 7 | upset | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 food | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 stomach | nmod:poss |
| 9 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 upset | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Slime | food | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | upset | can | Slime not said here | his stomach | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stomach=Experiencer |
Option 3
Slime only hurts if he swallows a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 hurts | advmod |
| 3 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 swallows | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 swallows | nsubj |
| 6 | swallows | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurts | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lot | det |
| 8 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swallows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | Slime | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | swallow a condition, not said to happen | present | Slime | a lot | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
Option 4
Slime is fine, because it is soft and squashy and has no bones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 soft | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 soft | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 soft | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 soft | cop |
| 8 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 squashy | cc |
| 10 | squashy | squashy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 soft | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 has | cc |
| 12 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | conj |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 bones | det |
| 14 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Slime | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Slime | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | Slime not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | have | present | Slime not said here | no bones | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
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