Test 4 · ★ · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking
A boy in Alaska loses his family on a forest trail. Which choice makes it most likely he is found quickly?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, choice · What happens: lose, make, find · To what, where: family, forest trail, choice
This is test 4 · ★ 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 boy in Alaska loses his family on a forest trail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Alaska | case |
| 4 | Alaska | Alaska | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 trail | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 trail | det |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 trail | compound |
| 11 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a boy in Alaska | boy's family | a forest trail | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Eventuality |
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: Which choice makes it most likely he is found quickly?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 likely | advmod |
| 6 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 9 found | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 found | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | aux:pass |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 makes | advcl |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 9 found | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | which choice | family | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ||||
| 2 | find | present · passive | choice | likely, quickly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Running to look for the car park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 look | mark |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Running | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 park | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 park | det |
| 6 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 park | compound |
| 7 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | for the car park | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for park=Theme |
Option 2
Climbing a tall tree to look around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climbing | climb | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 3 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tree | amod |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climbing | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Climbing | advcl |
| 7 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | gerund | a tall tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look around | to-infinitive | around property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Staying in one place and blowing three whistle blasts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 place | case |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 place | nummod |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 blowing | cc |
| 6 | blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Staying | conj |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 blasts | nummod |
| 8 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blasts | compound |
| 9 | blasts | blast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 blowing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | one place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | |||||
| 2 | blow | gerund | three whistle blasts | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent blast=Patient |
Option 4
Walking downhill until he finds a river to follow out of the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 finds | advcl |
| 2 | downhill | downhill | ADV | _ | 1 Walking | advmod |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 finds | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 finds | nsubj |
| 5 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 river | det |
| 7 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 follow | mark |
| 9 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 finds | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 forest | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 forest | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 forest | det |
| 13 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 follow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | gerund | he not said here | downhill property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | present | he | a river | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic | ||||
| 3 | follow | to-infinitive | he not said here | the forest | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out forest=Location |
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