Test 9 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears
A family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock." Why does this help?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, we, this · What happens: agree, separate, meet, help · To what, where: we, big clock · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 agrees | nsubj |
| 3 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 meet | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 meet | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 separated | mark |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 separated | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 separated | aux:pass |
| 9 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 meet | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 separated | punct |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 meet | nsubj |
| 12 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 agrees | parataxis |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 clock | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 clock | det |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 clock | amod |
| 16 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 meet | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 agrees | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 agrees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | a family | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | separate a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · passive | we | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | meet in a quote | present | we | the big clock | vn meet-36.3-1 «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: Why does this help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 help | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present · do-support | this | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Everyone knows exactly what to do if it happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 happens | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 happens | nsubj |
| 9 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | happen a condition, not said to happen | present | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Clocks keep children from getting lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 getting | mark |
| 5 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 keep | advcl |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Clocks | children | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | Clocks not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | Clocks not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It makes getting lost completely impossible for anyone in the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 impossible | amod |
| 5 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 6 impossible | advmod |
| 6 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 getting | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 anyone | case |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 getting | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 family | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 family | det |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | for anyone; impossible property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for anyone=Beneficiary | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It means children can wander off alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wander | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wander | aux |
| 5 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 wander | compound:prt |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 wander | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wander off | can | children | alone property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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