Test 4 · ★ · Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight
A boy in Glasgow knocks his head hard in PE and says, "I'm fine, don't tell anyone." What should his friend do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, friend · What happens: knock, say, be, not tell, do · To what, where: head, PE, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 290 «Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight» 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 in Glasgow knocks his head hard in PE and says, "I'm fine, don't tell anyone."
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 | 5 knocks | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Glasgow | case |
| 4 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | knocks | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knocks | obj |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 knocks | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 PE | case |
| 10 | PE | PE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 knocks | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 knocks | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 fine | nsubj |
| 16 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fine | cop |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 says | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 tell | punct |
| 19 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 tell | aux |
| 20 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 tell | advmod |
| 21 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 fine | conj |
| 22 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 tell | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 knocks | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 knocks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | present | a boy in Glasgow | boy's head | PE | hard property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent head=Theme in pe=Destination | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a boy in Glasgow not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | a boy in Glasgow = boy | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive · do-support | a boy in Glasgow = boy not said here | anyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
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 his friend do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 friend | nmod:poss |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy's friend | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Make him do more PE to test whether he is really fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Make | xcomp |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 PE | amod |
| 5 | PE | pe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 do | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 test | mark |
| 7 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 PE | acl |
| 8 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 12 fine | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fine | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fine | cop |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 fine | advmod |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 do | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | him = he not said here | more PE | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pe=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | test | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | more PE not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is | present | he | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Tell his parents next month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 month | amod |
| 5 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | his parents | month | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher, because a head injury needs watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 needs | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 needs | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 injury | det |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 injury | compound |
| 8 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 needs | nsubj |
| 9 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | parataxis |
| 10 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 needs | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | need | present | a head injury | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | watch not said to happen | gerund | a head injury not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Keep the secret as he asked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 secret | det |
| 3 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 asked | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 asked | nsubj |
| 6 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the secret | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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