Test 7 · ★ · Music practice and ball games
A frisbee lands on the roof of the school shed. What is the safe choice?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frisbee, safe choice · What happens: land, be · To what, where: roof
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A frisbee lands on the roof of the school shed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 frisbee | det |
| 2 | frisbee | frisbee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lands | nsubj |
| 3 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 roof | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 roof | det |
| 6 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lands | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 shed | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 shed | det |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shed | compound |
| 10 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 roof | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | a frisbee | the roof of the school shed | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on roof=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 the safe choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safe choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Throw stones at it until it falls down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 falls | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 falls | nsubj |
| 7 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 falls | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | stones | it | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at it=Destination | |||
| 2 | fall down | present | it | down property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher and let an adult fetch it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 let | cc |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | obj |
| 8 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fetch | infinitive | a adult not said here | adult | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Climb up onto the roof using the fence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 Climb | advmod |
| 3 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 5 roof | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 roof | det |
| 5 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obl |
| 6 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Climb | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fence | det |
| 8 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 using | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | imperative | you not said here | the roof | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto roof=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | you not said here | the fence | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fence=Patient |
Option 4
Get a friend to give you a boost up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 give | mark |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Get | xcomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 give | iobj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 boost | det |
| 8 | boost | boost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 give | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | a friend | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give up | to-infinitive | a friend not said here | a boost | you | tree rules |
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