Test 4 · ★ · Music practice and ball games
Two children share one trumpet in a lesson. What keeps them from passing germs?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two children · What happens: share, keep, pass · To what, where: one trumpet, lesson, children, germs
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» 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: Two children share one trumpet in a lesson.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 children | nummod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 share | nsubj |
| 3 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 trumpet | nummod |
| 5 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 lesson | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lesson | det |
| 8 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | Two children | one trumpet | a lesson | 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.
Sentence 2: What keeps them from passing germs?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | obj |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 passing | mark |
| 5 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 keeps | advcl |
| 6 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 passing | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | children = child | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pass | gerund | germs | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme germ=Trajectory |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Blowing much harder into it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | much | much | ADV | _ | 3 harder | advmod |
| 3 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Blowing | xcomp |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blowing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | gerund | it | hard property | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into it=Product |
Option 2
Holding the trumpet with gloves on the whole time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 trumpet | det |
| 3 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Holding | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 gloves | case |
| 5 | gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Holding | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Holding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | gerund | the trumpet | time | with gloves | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trumpet=Theme |
Option 3
Playing only quiet notes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 notes | advmod |
| 3 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 notes | amod |
| 4 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Playing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | quiet notes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Cleaning the mouthpiece between players
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleaning | clean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mouthpiece | det |
| 3 | mouthpiece | mouthpiece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cleaning | obj |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 players | case |
| 5 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Cleaning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | gerund | the mouthpiece | between players | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mouthpiece=Patient |
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