Test 6 · ★ · Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight
A girl sneezes all through June whenever she plays in the park. What could her family do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, family · What happens: sneeze, play, do · To what, where: park
This is test 6 · ★ 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 girl sneezes all through June whenever she plays in the park.
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 | 3 sneezes | nsubj |
| 3 | sneezes | sneeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 June | advmod |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 June | case |
| 6 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sneezes | obl |
| 7 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 plays | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 plays | nsubj |
| 9 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sneezes | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 park | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 park | det |
| 12 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plays | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sneezes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneeze | present | a girl | june | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | play | present | girl | the park | whenever property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 could her family do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 family | nmod:poss |
| 4 | family | family | 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 | could | girl's family | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Give her a hot drink and ignore it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 drink | det |
| 4 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 drink | amod |
| 5 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ignore | cc |
| 7 | ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ignore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a hot drink | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient drink=Theme | |||
| 2 | ignore | present | you not said here | drink | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
See if it is hay fever and close windows on high pollen days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | See | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 fever | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fever | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fever | cop |
| 5 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fever | compound |
| 6 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 See | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 windows | cc |
| 8 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 windows | amod |
| 9 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fever | conj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 days | case |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 days | amod |
| 12 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 days | compound |
| 13 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 windows | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | it | hay fever and close windows on high pollen days | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Keep her indoors all summer long with the windows wide open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 summer | det |
| 5 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 windows | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 windows | det |
| 9 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obl |
| 10 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 windows | amod |
| 11 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | her = she | summer | with the windows; indoors, long, open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
Let her pick armfuls of grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | armfuls | armful | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pick | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 grass | case |
| 6 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 armfuls | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pick | infinitive | her = she not said here | armfuls of grass | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Patient |
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