Test 14 · ★ · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food

cutting grapes for my lil sister, why lengthways

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: cut · To what, where: grapes

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 cutting	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 sister	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
5	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sister	amod
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cutting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cutting	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 cutting	advmod
9	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	_	1 cutting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund		grapes				for my lil sister; lengthways property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grape=Material for sister=Beneficiary

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

They taste sweeter and juicier cut that way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 taste	nsubj
2	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 cut	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 juicier	cc
5	juicier	juicy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 sweeter	conj
6	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taste	obj
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taste	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	They	sweeter cut				that way obl:unmarked	vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme cut=Attribute

Option 2

So they fit on the plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	3 fit	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fit	nsubj
3	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 plate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plate	det
6	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	they			the plate			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent on plate=Trajectory

Option 3

It makes them last longer in the lunchbox and the fridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 last	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lunchbox	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lunchbox	det
8	lunchbox	lunchbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 last	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fridge	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fridge	det
11	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lunchbox	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	them = they					tree rules
2	last	infinitive	them = they not said here			the lunchbox and the fridge		long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Small round food can block a small child's airway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 food	amod
2	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 food	amod
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 block	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 block	aux
5	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 airway	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 child	case
10	airway	airway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	can	Small round food	a small child's airway					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer airway=Theme

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