Test 7 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions
A tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders. What is the danger?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tourist, danger · What happens: want, lift, look, be · To what, where: log
This is test 7 · ★★ 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 tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tourist | det |
| 2 | tourist | tourist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tourist | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 lift | mark |
| 7 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 log | det |
| 9 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lift | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 look | mark |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 lift | advcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 spiders | case |
| 13 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 look | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a tourist in Sydney | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lift not said to happen | to-infinitive | a tourist in Sydney not said here | a log | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | a tourist in Sydney not said here | for spiders | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for spider=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.
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A funnel-web or other spider may bite her hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 web | det |
| 2 | funnel | funnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 web | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 funnel | punct |
| 4 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bite | nsubj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 spider | cc |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spider | amod |
| 7 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 web | conj |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 bite | aux |
| 9 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bite | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | may | a funnel web or other spider | her hand | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
Option 2
Spiders in Australia are all harmless, so there is no danger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 harmless | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Australia | case |
| 3 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Spiders | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 harmless | cop |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 harmless | advmod |
| 6 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 is | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 is | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 is | expl |
| 10 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 harmless | conj |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 danger | det |
| 12 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Spiders in Australia | all, harmless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | no danger | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Logs in Sydney are always too heavy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logs | log | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 heavy | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Sydney | case |
| 3 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Logs | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 heavy | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 heavy | advmod |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 heavy | advmod |
| 7 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Logs in Sydney | always, heavy property | tree rules |
Option 4
Lifting a log will wake a koala
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lifting | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 wake | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 log | det |
| 3 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lifting | obj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wake | aux |
| 5 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 koala | det |
| 7 | koala | koala | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | gerund | a log | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wake | future | Lifting | a koala | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent koala=Patient |
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