Test 15 · ★ · Holidays of the region
can i wave the sparkler around my sister
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: wave · To what, where: sparkler
This is test 15 · ★ 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 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wave | aux |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 wave | nsubj |
| 3 | wave | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sparkler | det |
| 5 | sparkler | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wave | obj |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 8 sister | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sister | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | can | i | the sparkler | around my sister | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparkler=Patient |
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
Yes, if you're careful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 careful | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 careful | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 careful | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 careful | cop |
| 6 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | careful property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only above her head, where the sparks can't reach her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 head | advmod |
| 2 | above | above | ADP | _ | 4 head | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 head | nmod:poss |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 reach | punct |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 reach | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sparks | det |
| 8 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 reach | nsubj |
| 9 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 reach | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 reach | advmod |
| 11 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 head | acl:relcl |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not reach | can | the sparks | her = she | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, they're safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 safe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | they | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, sparklers can burn clothes and skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 burn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sparklers | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 burn | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 burn | aux |
| 5 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 burn | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 skin | cc |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 clothes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | can | sparklers | clothes and skin | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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