Test 18 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows
ppl say the girl who fell in the campfire was "running around like an idiot". pass it on?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ppl, girl · What happens: say, fall, run around, pass on · To what, where: campfire, idiot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ppl | people | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 2 say | nsubj |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 running | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 fell | nsubj |
| 6 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 girl | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 campfire | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 campfire | det |
| 9 | campfire | campfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fell | obl |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 running | aux |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 running | punct |
| 12 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 say | ccomp |
| 13 | around | around | ADV | _ | 12 running | advmod |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 idiot | case |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 idiot | det |
| 16 | idiot | idiot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 running | obl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 running | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 19 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | parataxis |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 pass | obj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 pass | compound:prt |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ppl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fall | past | the girl | the campfire | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in campfire=Location | ||||
| 3 | run around in a quote | past · progressive | the girl | like a idiot; around property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pass on | infinitive | idiot | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, don't spread it; just stay three steps back and never run there
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 spread | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 spread | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 spread | advmod |
| 5 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spread | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 stay | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 stay | advmod |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 spread | parataxis |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 steps | nummod |
| 11 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stay | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 stay | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 run | cc |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 run | advmod |
| 15 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stay | conj |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spread | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stay back | infinitive | three steps | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme step=Location | |||||
| 3 | not run | infinitive | there | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, she was an idiot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 idiot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 idiot | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 idiot | cop |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idiot | det |
| 6 | idiot | idiot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a idiot | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, and tell everyone how bad her burns are and where they are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 tell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 bad | advmod |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 where | amod |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 burns | nmod:poss |
| 9 | burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 where | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 where | cop |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 where | cc |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 tell | ccomp |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 where | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | her burns | where property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | burn | her = she | nom burn «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Yes, it's a warning to all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 warning | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 warning | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warning | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 warning | det |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 warning | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a warning | to all | tree rules |
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