Test 8 · ★ · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food
A boy brings a carrot straight from the shop bag to his mouth. What should he have done?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: bring, do · To what, where: carrot, shop bag
This is test 8 · ★ 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: A boy brings a carrot straight from the shop bag to his mouth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | nsubj |
| 3 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 carrot | det |
| 5 | carrot | carrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 10 bag | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 bag | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bag | det |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bag | compound |
| 10 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 mouth | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 brings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present | a boy | a carrot | the shop bag | to boy's mouth | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent carrot=Theme from bag=Initial_Location to mouth=Destination |
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 should he have done?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 done | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 done | aux |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should · perfect | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Peeled it with his teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peeled | peel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Peeled | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 teeth | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Peeled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peel | past | it | with his teeth | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source |
Option 2
Put it in the fridge for an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 fridge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fridge | det |
| 5 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hour | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | the fridge | hour | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fridge=Destination |
Option 3
Nothing, because food from a shop is always clean already
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 clean | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 food | punct |
| 3 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 4 food | case |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 shop | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 food | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 clean | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 clean | advmod |
| 10 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | already | already | ADV | _ | 10 clean | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | always, clean property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Washed it first, in case of dirt or chemicals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Washed | obj |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Washed | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 case | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 case | case |
| 6 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Washed | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 dirt | case |
| 8 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 case | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 chemicals | cc |
| 10 | chemicals | chemical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dirt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | past | it | case of dirt or chemicals | first property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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