Test 1 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball
A girl in Kansas swings her bat to warm up while friends stand close by. What is the danger?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, friends, danger · What happens: swing, warm up, stand, be · To what, where: bat
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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 Kansas swings her bat to warm up while friends stand close by.
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 swings | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Kansas | case |
| 4 | Kansas | Kansas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | swings | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swings | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 warm | mark |
| 9 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 swings | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 warm | compound:prt |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 stand | mark |
| 12 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 stand | nsubj |
| 13 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 warm | advcl |
| 14 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 stand | xcomp |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 close | fixed |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 swings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | present | a girl in Kansas | girl's bat | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | warm up | to-infinitive | a girl in Kansas not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | stand | present | friends | close property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 danger?
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 | 4 danger | det |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The bat could get scratched on the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bat | det |
| 2 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scratched | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 scratched | aux |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 scratched | aux:pass |
| 5 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ground | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ground | det |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scratched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scratch | could · passive | the bat | the ground | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on ground=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She may get too tired before her turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 tired | advmod |
| 5 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 turn | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 turn | nmod:poss |
| 8 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | may | She | before her turn | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
The ball may roll away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 roll | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 roll | aux |
| 4 | roll | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 roll | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll away | may | the ball | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The swinging bat can hit someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bat | det |
| 2 | swinging | swinging | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bat | compound |
| 3 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hit | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hit | aux |
| 5 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 hit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | can | the swinging bat | someone | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Co-Theme |
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