Test 8 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles
Kids want to draw a chalk hopscotch in the road in front of their house. What is wiser?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kids · What happens: want, draw, be · To what, where: chalk hopscotch, road
This is test 8 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: Kids want to draw a chalk hopscotch in the road in front of their house.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 draw | mark |
| 4 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hopscotch | det |
| 6 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hopscotch | compound |
| 7 | hopscotch | hopscotch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 draw | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 road | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 draw | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 front | case |
| 12 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 draw | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 house | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 house | nmod:poss |
| 15 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 front | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Kids | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | draw not said to happen | to-infinitive | Kids not said here | a chalk hopscotch | the road | in front of Kids's house | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hopscotch=Theme in road=Destination |
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 wiser?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wiser | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wiser | cop |
| 3 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wiser | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Draw it on the driveway or a quiet path
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Draw | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 driveway | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 driveway | det |
| 5 | driveway | driveway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 path | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 path | det |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 path | amod |
| 9 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 driveway | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | it | the driveway or a quiet path | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on driveway=Destination |
Option 2
Draw it in the middle of the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Draw | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 middle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 middle | det |
| 5 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | it | the middle of the road | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination |
Option 3
Draw it fast before cars come
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Draw | obj |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Draw | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 5 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Draw | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | it | fast property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | come | present | cars | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Draw it near the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Draw | obj |
| 3 | near | near | ADP | _ | 5 corner | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 corner | det |
| 5 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | it | the corner | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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