Test 10 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…

big ant hill at the park, can we sit here

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big ant hill · What happens: sit

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 326 «Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, 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	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hill	amod
2	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hill	compound
3	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sit	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 park	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 park	det
6	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hill	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hill	punct
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sit	aux
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 sit	nsubj
10	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 sit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	can	big ant hill at the park			here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

No, move away; fire ants can sting many times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 move	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 move	punct
3	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 move	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 sting	punct
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ants	compound
7	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sting	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sting	aux
9	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 move	conj
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 times	amod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	sting	can	fire ants				time		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, ants are harmless, they're far too small to hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 harmless	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harmless	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmless	cop
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 small	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 small	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 small	cop
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 small	advmod
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 small	advmod
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 harmless	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 hurt	mark
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 small	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	ants	harmless property	tree rules
2	is	present	ants = ant	far, small property	tree rules
3	hurt	to-infinitive	ants = ant not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, put a blanket on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blanket	det
5	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a blanket		blanket			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme on it=Destination

Option 4

Yes, if you sit still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 sit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sit	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 sit	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 sit	nsubj
5	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	still	still	ADV	_	5 sit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	you				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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