Test 12 · ★ · Holidays of the region
got a sparkler, it's like a candle right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sparkler · What happens: get, be · To what, where: sparkler
This is test 12 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sparkler | det |
| 3 | sparkler | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 got | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 candle | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 candle | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 candle | cop |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 candle | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 candle | det |
| 9 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 got | obl |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 got | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a sparkler | right property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sparkler=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | sparkler | like a candle | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
No, a sparkler burns much hotter than a candle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 burns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sparkler | det |
| 4 | sparkler | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burns | nsubj |
| 5 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 hotter | advmod |
| 7 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 burns | xcomp |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 candle | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 candle | det |
| 10 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hotter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | a sparkler | hot property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Safe to hold by the hot end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 hold | mark |
| 3 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Safe | xcomp |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 end | amod |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | to-infinitive | by the hot end | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by end=Location |
Option 3
Colder, it's only sparks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colder | cold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 sparks | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Colder | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sparks | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sparks | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 sparks | advmod |
| 6 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | Colder sparks | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the same heat as a candle flame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 heat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heat | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 heat | amod |
| 5 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 flame | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 flame | det |
| 8 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flame | compound |
| 9 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heat | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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