Test 1 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions
Ethan, a boy in Phoenix, wants to pick up a small snake to show his friends. Why is this a bad idea?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan, this · What happens: want, pick up, show, be · To what, where: small snake, friends, bad idea
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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: Ethan, a boy in Phoenix, wants to pick up a small snake to show his friends.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 boy | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boy | det |
| 4 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ethan | appos |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Phoenix | case |
| 6 | Phoenix | Phoenix | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 boy | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ethan | punct |
| 8 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 pick | mark |
| 10 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wants | xcomp |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 pick | compound:prt |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 snake | det |
| 13 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 snake | amod |
| 14 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pick | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 show | mark |
| 16 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 pick | advcl |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 friends | nmod:poss |
| 18 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 show | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Ethan | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pick up not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ethan not said here | a small snake | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Topic | ||||
| 3 | show | to-infinitive | Ethan not said here | Ethan's friends | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
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: Why is this a bad idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 idea | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 idea | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 idea | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | a bad idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Snakes melt in warm hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 melt | nsubj |
| 2 | melt | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 hands | case |
| 4 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hands | amod |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 melt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | Snakes | warm hands | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
His friends will be scared of him for the rest of the year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friends | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 scared | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 scared | cop |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 scared | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 rest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rest | det |
| 10 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scared | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 year | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 year | det |
| 13 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | His friends | of him = he; for the rest of the year; scared property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Small snakes are always venomous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 snakes | amod |
| 2 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 venomous | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 venomous | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 venomous | advmod |
| 5 | venomous | venomous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Small snakes | always, venomous property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It may be venomous and bite when grabbed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 venomous | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 venomous | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 venomous | cop |
| 4 | venomous | venomous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bite | cc |
| 6 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 venomous | conj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 grabbed | advmod |
| 8 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 bite | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | It | venomous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bite | present | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | grab | participle | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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