Test 8 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants… A wasp stings a boy and flies off. His friend says, "Don't worry, it will die now." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasp, friend · What happens: sting, fly off, say, not worry, die, be · To what, where: boy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Sentence 1: A wasp stings a boy and flies off.
det nsubj det obj cc conj compound:prt punct root A DET wasp NOUN stings VERB a DET boy NOUN and CCONJ flies VERB off ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 wasp det 2 wasp wasp NOUN Number=Sing 3 stings nsubj 3 stings sting VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 boy det 5 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 stings obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 flies cc 7 flies fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 stings conj 8 off off ADP _ 7 flies compound:prt 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 stings punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sting present a wasp a boy vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer 2 fly off present a wasp not said here vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: 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: His friend says, "Don't worry, it will die now."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct aux advmod ccomp punct nsubj aux conj advmod punct punct root His PRON friend NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Do AUX n't PART worry VERB , PUNCT it PRON will AUX die VERB now ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 worry punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 worry punct 6 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 8 worry aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 worry advmod 8 worry worry VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 die punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 die nsubj 11 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 die aux 12 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 worry conj 13 now now ADV PronType=Dem 12 die advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 worry punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 8 worry punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present wasp's friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not worry in a quote infinitive · do-support vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 die in a quote future friend now vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Sentence 3: What is true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Wasps do not usually die after stinging and can sting again
nsubj aux advmod advmod mark advcl cc aux conj advmod root Wasps NOUN do AUX not PART usually ADV die VERB after SCONJ stinging VERB and CCONJ can AUX sting VERB again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wasps wasp NOUN Number=Plur 5 die nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 die aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 die advmod 4 usually usually ADV _ 5 die advmod 5 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 after after SCONJ _ 7 stinging mark 7 stinging sting VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 die advcl 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 sting cc 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 sting aux 10 sting sting VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 die conj 11 again again ADV _ 10 sting advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not die present · do-support Wasps usually property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 sting gerund Wasps not said here vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 sting can Wasps not said here again vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 Wasps die but only after an hour
nsubj cc advmod case det conj root Wasps NOUN die VERB but CCONJ only ADV after ADP an DET hour NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wasps wasp NOUN Number=Plur 2 die nsubj 2 die die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 but but CCONJ _ 7 hour cc 4 only only ADV _ 7 hour advmod 5 after after ADP _ 7 hour case 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 hour det 7 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 2 die conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die present Wasps vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Option 3 The wasp will lose its wings
det nsubj aux nmod:poss obj root The DET wasp NOUN will AUX lose VERB its PRON wings NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 wasp det 2 wasp wasp NOUN Number=Sing 4 lose nsubj 3 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 lose aux 4 lose lose VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 wings nmod:poss 6 wings wing NOUN Number=Plur 4 lose obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose future the wasp wasp's wings vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Eventuality
Option 4 All stinging insects die at once, so it can never sting again
det amod nsubj case obl punct advmod nsubj aux advmod parataxis advmod root All DET stinging VERB insects NOUN die VERB at ADP once ADV , PUNCT so ADV it PRON can AUX never ADV sting VERB again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 All all DET PronType=Tot 3 insects det 2 stinging sting VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 insects amod 3 insects insect NOUN Number=Plur 4 die nsubj 4 die die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 at at ADP _ 6 once case 6 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 die obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 sting punct 8 so so ADV _ 12 sting advmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 sting nsubj 10 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 sting aux 11 never never ADV PronType=Neg 12 sting advmod 12 sting sting VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 die parataxis 13 again again ADV _ 12 sting advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sting gerund vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 die present all stinging insects vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 3 not sting can it again vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
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