Test 4 · ★ · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food
In a school experiment, a boy says safety glasses look silly and takes them off. What is the danger?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, safety glasses, danger · What happens: say, look, take off, be · To what, where: school experiment, glasses · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a school experiment, a boy says safety glasses look silly and takes them off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 experiment | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 experiment | det |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 experiment | compound |
| 4 | experiment | experiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 experiment | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 glasses | compound |
| 10 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 look | nsubj |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | ccomp |
| 12 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 look | xcomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 takes | cc |
| 14 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 takes | obj |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 takes | compound:prt |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | a school experiment | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | look | present | safety glasses | silly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | take off | present | a boy not said here | glasses = glass | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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 danger?
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 | 4 danger | det |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
There is no danger at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 danger | det |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 danger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no danger at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The experiment might not work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 experiment | det |
| 2 | experiment | experiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 work | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 work | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 work | advmod |
| 5 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not work | might | the experiment | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A splash could damage his eyes for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 splash | det |
| 2 | splash | splash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 damage | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 damage | aux |
| 4 | damage | damage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 damage | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 damage | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | damage | could | a splash | splash's eyes | for life | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He might not see the colours of the liquids properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 colours | det |
| 6 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 liquids | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 liquids | det |
| 9 | liquids | liquid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 colours | nmod |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 4 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | might | He | the colours of the liquids | properly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |
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