Test 5 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions
A family camps in Arizona and leaves boots outside the tent. What should they do in the morning?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, boots · What happens: camp, leave, do · To what, where: Arizona, boots, tent
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: A family camps in Arizona and leaves boots outside the tent.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 camps | nsubj |
| 3 | camps | camp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Arizona | case |
| 5 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 camps | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 leaves | cc |
| 7 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 camps | conj |
| 8 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 leaves | obj |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 11 tent | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tent | det |
| 11 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 camps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | camp | present | a family | Arizona | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arizona=Location | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | a family not said here | boots | the tent | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boot=Theme outside tent=Location |
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 should they do in the morning?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 morning | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 morning | det |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boots = boot | morning | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Put the boots straight on in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boots | det |
| 3 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 on | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 dark | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dark | det |
| 8 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | the boots | the dark | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boot=Theme in dark=Destination |
Option 2
Wash the boots in the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boots | det |
| 3 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wash | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 river | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wash | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | imperative | you not said here | the boots | the river | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Shake the boots out before putting them on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boots | det |
| 3 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Shake | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Shake | advmod |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 putting | mark |
| 6 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Shake | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 putting | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 putting | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake out | imperative | you not said here | the boots | out property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent boot=Patient | |||
| 2 | put on | gerund | you not said here | boots = boot | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Leave the boots outside for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boots | det |
| 3 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 good | case |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the boots | for good; outside property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boot=Theme for good=Recipient |
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