Test 1 · ★ · Holidays of the region
A boy in Manchester finds a firework lying on the grass the morning after Bonfire Night. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, firework · What happens: find, lie, do · To what, where: firework, grass
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 boy in Manchester finds a firework lying on the grass the morning after Bonfire Night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Manchester | case |
| 4 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 firework | det |
| 7 | firework | firework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | obj |
| 8 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 firework | acl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 grass | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 grass | det |
| 11 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lying | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 morning | det |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lying | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 16 Night | case |
| 15 | Bonfire | Bonfire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Night | compound |
| 16 | Night | Night | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lying | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a boy in Manchester | a firework | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | a firework not said here | the grass | after Bonfire Night; morning | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=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 he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Throw it into the bonfire ashes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 ashes | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ashes | det |
| 5 | bonfire | bonfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ashes | compound |
| 6 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | it | into the bonfire ashes result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into ash=Result |
Option 2
Put it in his pocket to show his friends at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pocket | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 5 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl | ||
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Put | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friends | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 show | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 school | case |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | his pocket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination | |||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | his friends | school | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave it and tell an adult, because it can still burn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 burn | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 burn | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 burn | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 burn | aux |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 burn | advmod |
| 12 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | burn | can | adult | still | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Light it to see if it still works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 works | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 works | nsubj |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 works | advmod |
| 8 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | Light | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | work a condition, not said to happen | present | Light | still | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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