Test 3 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles
A girl in Texas gets a drop of super glue between two fingers. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, this · What happens: get, show · To what, where: drop
This is test 3 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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: A girl in Texas gets a drop of super glue between two fingers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 drop | det |
| 7 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 glue | case |
| 9 | super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 glue | amod |
| 10 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drop | nmod |
| 11 | between | between | ADP | _ | 13 fingers | case |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 fingers | nummod |
| 13 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 glue | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a girl in Texas | a drop of super glue between two fingers | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drop=Stimulus |
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 does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Super glue only sticks to wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 glue | amod |
| 2 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sticks | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 sticks | advmod |
| 4 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 wood | case |
| 6 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sticks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present | Super glue | to wood | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to wood=Co-Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Super glue sticks skin together very fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 glue | amod |
| 2 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sticks | nsubj |
| 3 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sticks | obj |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 sticks | advmod |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 fast | advmod |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 sticks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present | Super glue | skin | fast, together property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
Option 3
Super glue is perfectly safe for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 glue | amod |
| 2 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 4 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 5 safe | advmod |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Super glue | for children; perfectly, safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
Super glue washes off at once with cold water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 glue | amod |
| 2 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 washes | nsubj |
| 3 | washes | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 washes | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 washes | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 water | amod |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 washes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash off | present | Super glue | with cold water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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