Test 19 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions
they're saying Sienna's house has redbacks everywhere cos her family are messy, spread it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, house, saying · What happens: say, have, be, spread · To what, where: redbacks, family · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saying | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | aux |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 messy | csubj |
| 4 | Sienna | Sienna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Sienna | case |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 8 | redbacks | redback | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 has | advmod |
| 10 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 12 family | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 family | nmod:poss |
| 12 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 everywhere | obl |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 messy | cop |
| 14 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 spread | punct |
| 16 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 messy | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 spread | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 messy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | they | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | present | Sienna's house | redbacks | everywhere property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent redback=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | present | saying | messy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | spread | infinitive | saying not said here | family | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, and say one bit her sister too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 bit | nsubj |
| 6 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sister | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | obj |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 bit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bite | past | one | her sister | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it is a cruel rumour; spiders live in many houses and gardens
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 rumour | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rumour | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rumour | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rumour | det |
| 6 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rumour | amod |
| 7 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 live | punct |
| 9 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 live | nsubj |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rumour | parataxis |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 houses | case |
| 12 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 houses | amod |
| 13 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 live | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 gardens | cc |
| 15 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 houses | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a cruel rumour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | spiders | many houses and gardens | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
Option 3
Yes, so people stay away from her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 stay | advmod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 stay | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay away | present | people | from her = she; away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, because spiders prove a house is dirty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 prove | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 prove | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 prove | mark |
| 4 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 prove | nsubj |
| 5 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dirty | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dirty | cop |
| 9 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prove | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | spiders | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a house | dirty property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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