Test 11 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…
lets let the dog off lead in the lamb field
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: let · To what, where: dog, lamb field
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 let | aux |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 let | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 lead | case |
| 6 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 let | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 field | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 field | det |
| 9 | lamb | lamb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 field | compound |
| 10 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | the dog | the lamb field | off lead | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, if the farmer isn't there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 there | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 there | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 farmer | det |
| 5 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 there | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 there | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 there | advmod |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | the farmer | there property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep it on the lead; dogs chase and hurt lambs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 lead | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lead | det |
| 5 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 chase | punct |
| 7 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 chase | nsubj |
| 8 | chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hurt | cc |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 chase | conj |
| 11 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | the lead | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lead=Location | |||
| 2 | chase | present | dogs | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | hurt | present | dogs not said here | lambs | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamb=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, if it's small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 small | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 small | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 small | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | small property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, it will play nicely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 play | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 play | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 play | aux |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 5 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | future | it | nicely property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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