Test 1 · ★ · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking
A girl in Melbourne sees a possum in a tree near her house. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: see, do · To what, where: possum, tree
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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 Melbourne sees a possum in a tree near her house.
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 | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Melbourne | case |
| 4 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 possum | det |
| 7 | possum | possum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 tree | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tree | det |
| 10 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obl |
| 11 | near | near | ADP | _ | 13 house | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 house | nmod:poss |
| 13 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tree | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Melbourne | a possum | a tree near girl's house | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer possum=Stimulus |
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 she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Watch it from a distance without feeding or touching it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Watch | obj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 distance | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 distance | det |
| 5 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watch | obl |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 feeding | mark |
| 7 | feeding | feed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Watch | advcl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 touching | cc |
| 9 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 feeding | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 touching | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | it | from a distance | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | feed | gerund | you not said here | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | touch | gerund | you not said here | distance | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Feed it some bread so it comes closer and you can see it better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Feed | obj |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 bread | det |
| 4 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feed | obj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 comes | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Feed | advcl |
| 8 | closer | close | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 comes | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 see | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 see | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 see | aux |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Feed | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 see | obj |
| 14 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | imperative | you not said here | it | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | present | bread | close property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | can | you | bread | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Pick it up to cuddle it
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 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cuddle | mark |
| 5 | cuddle | cuddle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cuddle | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cuddle | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Poke it with a stick to wake it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poke | poke | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Poke | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 stick | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 stick | det |
| 5 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Poke | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 wake | mark |
| 7 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Poke | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke | imperative | you not said here | it | with a stick | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument | |||
| 2 | wake | to-infinitive | you not said here | stick | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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