Test 1 · Being gentle with small animals
A girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks. What is the right way to act?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, right way · What happens: visit, be, act · To what, where: farm
This is test 1 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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 girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 visits | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Dublin | case |
| 4 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | visits | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 farm | det |
| 7 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 visits | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 chicks | case |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 chicks | compound |
| 10 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 visits | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 visits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present | a girl in Dublin | a farm | with baby chicks | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Co-Agent |
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 right way to act?
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 | 5 way | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 act | mark |
| 7 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | act | to-infinitive | the right way not said here | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Move slowly, speak quietly and listen to the farmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 speak | punct |
| 4 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 5 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 4 speak | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 listen | cc |
| 7 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 farmer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 farmer | det |
| 10 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | quietly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | listen | infinitive | you not said here | to the farmer | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to farmer=Theme |
Option 2
Shout so the chicks know she is there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 know | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chicks | det |
| 4 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 know | nsubj |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | ccomp |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 there | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 there | cop |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | know | present | the chicks | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | she | there property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Squeeze a chick to feel how soft it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squeeze | squeeze | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chick | det |
| 3 | chick | chick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Squeeze | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 feel | mark |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Squeeze | advcl |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 soft | advmod |
| 7 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feel | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 soft | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 soft | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squeeze | imperative | you not said here | a chick | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent chick=Result | ||||
| 2 | feel | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is | present | chick | soft property | tree rules |
Option 4
Run among the chicks to see them all scatter and cheep loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | among | among | ADP | _ | 4 chicks | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chicks | det |
| 4 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Run | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Run | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 scatter | nsubj |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 9 scatter | advmod |
| 9 | scatter | scatter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | ccomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cheep | cc |
| 11 | cheep | cheep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scatter | conj |
| 12 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 11 cheep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | among the chicks | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among chick=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | scatter | present | chicks = chick | all property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | cheep | present | chicks = chick not said here | loudly property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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