Test 2 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports
A boy is sledding head first down a hill towards a line of trees. What is the main danger?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, main danger · What happens: sled, be · To what, where: head, hill
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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 is sledding head first down a hill towards a line of trees.
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 | 4 sledding | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sledding | aux |
| 4 | sledding | sled | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sledding | obj |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 sledding | advmod |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 hill | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hill | det |
| 9 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sledding | obl |
| 10 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 12 line | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 line | det |
| 12 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hill | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 trees | case |
| 14 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 line | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sledding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sled | present · progressive | a boy | head | a hill towards a line of trees | first property | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme down hill=Trajectory |
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 is the main danger?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 danger | det |
| 4 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 danger | amod |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the main danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hitting a tree head first and hurting his head or neck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitting | hit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 head | det |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 head | compound |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hitting | obj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Hitting | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hurting | cc |
| 7 | hurting | hurt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hitting | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurting | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 neck | cc |
| 11 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 head | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | gerund | a tree head | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurt | gerund | his head or neck | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Patient |
Option 2
Getting snow down the back of his coat and catching a bad cold from it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obj |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 back | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 coat | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 coat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 back | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 catching | cc |
| 10 | catching | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Getting | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cold | det |
| 12 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cold | amod |
| 13 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 catching | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 catching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | snow | down the back of his coat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | catch | gerund | a bad cold | cold | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cold=Theme from it=Source |
Option 3
Going too slowly to reach the bottom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 slowly | advmod |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Going | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 reach | mark |
| 5 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Going | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bottom | det |
| 7 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | slowly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reach | to-infinitive | the bottom | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bottom=Theme |
Option 4
Making the sled scratched underneath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 scratched | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sled | det |
| 3 | sled | sled | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| 4 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | underneath | underneath | ADV | _ | 4 scratched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | the sled | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sled=Product | |||||
| 2 | scratch | past | Making | underneath property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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