Test 7 · ★ · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home
At a New Year party, a cousin wants to pick up a firework that did not go off. What should you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, firework, you · What happens: want, pick up, not go off, tell · To what, where: Year party, firework · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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: At a New Year party, a cousin wants to pick up a firework that did not go off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 5 party | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 3 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Year | compound |
| 4 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 party | compound |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 party | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cousin | det |
| 8 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wants | nsubj |
| 9 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 pick | mark |
| 11 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wants | xcomp |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 pick | compound:prt |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 firework | det |
| 14 | firework | firework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pick | obj |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 go | nsubj |
| 16 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 go | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 go | advmod |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 firework | acl:relcl |
| 19 | off | off | ADP | _ | 18 go | compound:prt |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a cousin | a Year party | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pick up not said to happen | to-infinitive | a cousin not said here | a firework | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not go off | past · do-support | a firework | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
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 you tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | you | firework | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Pick it up with a glove on
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 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 glove | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 glove | det |
| 6 | glove | glove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pick | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Pick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | with a glove | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
Look into it carefully to see what is wrong with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Look | obl |
| 4 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Look | advcl |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 wrong | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wrong | cop |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 see | ccomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wrong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | into it; carefully property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | with it; wrong property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave it; used fireworks can still burn or go off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 burn | punct |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fireworks | amod |
| 5 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 burn | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 burn | aux |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 burn | advmod |
| 8 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 go | cc |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 burn | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 go | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | participle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | burn | can | used fireworks | still | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go off | infinitive | used fireworks not said here | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Throw it into the bonfire at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 bonfire | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bonfire | det |
| 5 | bonfire | bonfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | it | into the bonfire result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into bonfire=Result |
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