Test 6 · ★ · Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games
A boy hammers while holding the nail right next to the head of the nail. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: hammer, hold, happen · To what, where: nail
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» 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 hammers while holding the nail right next to the head of the nail.
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 | 3 hammers | nsubj |
| 3 | hammers | hammer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 holding | mark |
| 5 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 hammers | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nail | det |
| 7 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 holding | obj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 9 next | advmod |
| 9 | next | next | ADV | _ | 5 holding | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 head | det |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 next | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 nail | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 nail | det |
| 15 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 head | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hammers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hammer | present | a boy | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | a boy not said here | the nail | next property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=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: What could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He could miss and hit his fingers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 miss | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 miss | aux |
| 3 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 hit | cc |
| 5 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 miss | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | could | He | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | hit | infinitive | He not said here | his fingers | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme finger=Co-Theme |
Option 2
The nail will go in more crookedly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nail | det |
| 2 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 go | advmod |
| 7 | crookedly | crookedly | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | future | the nail | crookedly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The hammer handle could break in two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 handle | det |
| 2 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handle | compound |
| 3 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 break | aux |
| 5 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 two | case |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 break | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | could | the hammer handle | two | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location |
Option 4
The wood will split along the grain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wood | det |
| 2 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 split | aux |
| 4 | split | split | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | along | along | ADP | _ | 7 grain | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grain | det |
| 7 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | future | the wood | along the grain | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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