Test 5 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears
A girl in Perth, Australia, finds a big spider on her shoe. What is wisest?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: find, be · To what, where: big spider, shoe
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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 in Perth, Australia, finds a big spider on her shoe.
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 | 8 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Perth | case |
| 4 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Australia | punct |
| 6 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Perth | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 girl | punct |
| 8 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 spider | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spider | amod |
| 11 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finds | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 shoe | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 shoe | nmod:poss |
| 14 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finds | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a girl in Perth and Australia | a big spider | girl's shoe | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Topic |
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 wisest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wisest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wisest | cop |
| 3 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wisest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Keep away from it and ask an adult to deal with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ask | cc |
| 6 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 deal | mark |
| 10 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ask | xcomp |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 deal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | imperative | you not said here | it | away property | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | deal not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | with adult | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Pick it up gently to see if it bites people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Pick | compound:prt |
| 4 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 1 Pick | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 bites | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bites | nsubj |
| 9 | bites | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | ccomp |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bites | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | gently property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | bite a condition, not said to happen | present | it | people | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
Option 3
Squash it with her hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squash | squash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Squash | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 hand | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Squash | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squash | imperative | you not said here | it | with her hand | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hand=Instrument |
Option 4
Put her foot into the shoe anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 foot | nmod:poss |
| 3 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 shoe | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shoe | det |
| 6 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | her foot | the shoe | anyway property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal |
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