Test 16 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…
did u hear a little kid ate berries off a bush at the park and "had to get his tummy pumped". lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, little kid, tummy · What happens: hear, eat, have, get, pump · To what, where: lesson, berries · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kid | amod |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | nsubj |
| 7 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | ccomp |
| 8 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ate | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 bush | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bush | det |
| 11 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 park | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 park | det |
| 14 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bush | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 had | cc |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 had | punct |
| 17 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ate | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 get | mark |
| 19 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 had | xcomp |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 tummy | nmod:poss |
| 21 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 pumped | nsubj |
| 22 | pumped | pump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 get | ccomp |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 get | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 25 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obl:unmarked |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | lesson | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | eat | past | a little kid | berries | off a bush at the park | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient | |||
| 3 | have in a quote | past | a little kid not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | a little kid not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | pump in a quote | past | kid's tummy | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pick only berries a grown-up has identified
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 berries | advmod |
| 3 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pick | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 up | det |
| 5 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 up | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 identified | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 identified | aux |
| 9 | identified | identify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 berries | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | imperative | you not said here | berries | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient | ||||
| 2 | identify | present · perfect | a grown up | berries not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent berry=Theme |
Option 2
Just wash them first and they're safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 wash | advmod |
| 2 | wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wash | obj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 wash | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 safe | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wash | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | imperative | you not said here | them = they | first property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | they | safe property | tree rules |
Option 3
Birds eat them so they're fine for us too, that's how you tell
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 eat | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 fine | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fine | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | cop |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 eat | parataxis |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 us | case |
| 9 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 fine | obl |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 2 eat | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 how | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 how | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 how | cop |
| 14 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 tell | advmod |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 tell | nsubj |
| 16 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 eat | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Birds | them = they | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Birds = bird | for us; fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | that | how property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | present | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Red berries are always safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 berries | amod |
| 2 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 safe | advmod |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Red berries | always, safe property | tree rules |
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