Test 3 · ★ · The library and books

Which shows a person looking after a library book well?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: show, look · To what, where: person

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
5	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 person	acl
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 book	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 book	det
8	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 book	compound
9	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looking	obl
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 looking	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present			a person				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient
2	look	gerund	a person not said here				after a library book	well property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

Reading it in the bath, holding it up out of the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Reading	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bath	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bath	det
5	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reading	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 holding	punct
7	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Reading	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 holding	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 holding	compound:prt
10	out	out	ADP	_	13 water	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		it		the bath			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	hold up	gerund		bath		the water			vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Using a bookmark and keeping it in a dry bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bookmark	det
3	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keeping	cc
5	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Using	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keeping	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bag	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bag	det
9	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bag	amod
10	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		a bookmark					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bookmark=Patient
2	keep	gerund		bookmark		a dry bag			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Location

Option 3

Using it as a mat to rest a cup of hot cocoa on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Using	obj
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 mat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mat	det
5	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 rest	mark
7	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Using	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cup	det
9	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rest	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 cocoa	case
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cocoa	amod
12	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cup	nmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	1 Using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		it				as a mat	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as mat=Attribute
2	rest	to-infinitive		a cup of hot cocoa					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cup=Theme

Option 4

Folding the pages right back so it stays open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folding	fold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stays	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pages	det
3	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Folding	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 back	advmod
5	back	back	ADV	_	1 Folding	advmod
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 stays	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	gerund		the pages					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent page=Patient
2	stay	present	it					open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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