Test 7 · ★ · Electricity at home
A girl in Calgary sees a kite stuck in a power line. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: see, stick, do · To what, where: kite, power line
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» 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 girl in Calgary sees a kite stuck in a power line.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Calgary | case |
| 4 | Calgary | Calgary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kite | det |
| 7 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obj |
| 8 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 kite | acl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 line | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 line | det |
| 11 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 line | compound |
| 12 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stuck | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Calgary | a kite | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kite=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stick | participle | a kite not said here | a power line | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in line=Destination |
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 should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Climb the pole to free the kite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pole | det |
| 3 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 free | mark |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Climb | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kite | det |
| 7 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 free | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the pole | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location pole=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave it and tell an adult or the power company
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 company | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 company | det |
| 9 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 company | compound |
| 10 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adult | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult or the power company | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
Option 3
Throw a stick at the kite to knock it off the wire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stick | det |
| 3 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 kite | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kite | det |
| 6 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 knock | mark |
| 8 | knock | knock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 knock | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 wire | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wire | det |
| 12 | wire | wire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 knock | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | a stick | the kite | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme at kite=Destination | |||
| 2 | knock | to-infinitive | you not said here | stick | off the wire | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient off wire=Co-Patient |
Option 4
Pull the kite string hard to get it down quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 string | det |
| 3 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 string | compound |
| 4 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Pull | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pull | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | obj |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 get | compound:prt |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | the kite string | hard property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme | |||
| 2 | get down | to-infinitive | you not said here | string | quickly property | tree rules |
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